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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

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This is perhaps why fonts cannot be copyrighted in the US. The US copyright law of 1976 explicitly excludes the mechanical or utilitarian aspects of applied art from the definition of artistic craftmanship. As discussed above, section 2(c) of the Copyright Act which defines artistic work gives an illustrative definition.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this case, the author of the original work retains ownership of the original, while the author of the derivative work holds rights to the creative additions they have made. Perhaps it is impossible to define such boundaries definitively, necessitating a case-by-case analysis. [3] O fair use no direito autoral.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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