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Copyright Ownership: Exploring Employer-Employee Relationship

IP and Legal Filings

This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators. the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. Unlike the U.S.A., are heavily subjected to judicial interpretations.

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ResearchGate Wins (& Loses) Scientific Publishers’ Copyright Lawsuit

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Its users, which currently number around 20 million, are able to upload content to the platform, which at times includes published research papers. In September 2017 the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM) wrote to ResearchGate on behalf of 140 publishers. Decision of the Court.

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Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility

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In this post, I look at the question of the government’s copyright ownership in State Board textbooks, and its implications on access to knowledge and education. Government’s Role as Publisher and Copyright Owner. The government’s role as a publisher can allow it to set affordable prices and distribute widely.

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Music Publisher Asks Justices To Limit Copyright Damages

IP Law 360

Supreme Court on Monday to limit the damages a plaintiff can recover in copyright ownership litigation to three years before a complaint is filed, arguing that the only time a party can extend that period is for instances involving fraud. Warner Chappell Music Inc. urged the U.S.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Although the Copyright Office’s official guidance on whether you can be the author of AI output is a solid “maybe? Consistent with the Copyright Office’s guidance in the Compendium, Third Edition, there is often “creative input or intervention from a human author” at multiple steps in the process. This creates a major problem.

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Sci-Hub Founder’s High Court Creativity Fails to Dismiss Publishers’ Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

From a cold, legal perspective, a 2020 blocking application filed by publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society should’ve been straightforward. On one hand, unauthorized mass copying and distribution of movies, TV shows, and music is widely recognized as copyright infringement. Today, most run relatively smoothly.

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On repatriation: Questions of copyright ownership and management of repatriated cultural heritage materials

The IPKat

Oriakhogba’s work is a timely reflection on approaches to navigate the complex terrain of using copyright laws to address issues of ownership, control and management inherent in or arising from repatriated (and/or "should-be-repatriated") cultural heritage materials.

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