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When is a derivative work original and thus protectable by copyright? Classicist’s critical edition makes its way to Luxembourg in fresh Romanian CJEU referral

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Translated into copyright language: a critical edition is an example of derivative work. In 2017, the Regional Court of Bucharest held that the defendants had infringed the professor’s moral right of attribution. Despite (or rather because of ?) In my view, this is so even for reasons beyond the question of originality.

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What moral rights looked like in the 12th century—the story of "Guide of the Perplexed"

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The basic mechanism of the modern author is regulating reproduction of the work (the subject matter of copyright) and preventing affronts to the work and the author's connection with it (the subject matter of moral rights). His reach extended from Yemen to Provence and beyond into Europe.

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

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This article delves into the saga’s central copyright issues and the concept of moral rights, and compares the situation in the US to how it might have unfolded under EU law. Another significant divergence lies in the recognition of moral rights.

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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Technically, from a copyright perspective, the NFTs were derivative works of the Paintings (underlying works), since the former included major copyrightable elements of the (previously created) latter. Therefore, the moral right of “disclosure” had already been exhausted.

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A Work in Progress: CCC and Artificial Intelligence

Velocity of Content

The presentation wove together techni­cal principles and legal arguments. Tech­nical principles were presented by Babis Marmanis, CCC’s EVP and CTO, while Noam Shemtov, professor at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Law, and Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt Law School professor, focused on the relevant legal is­sues.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

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xxvii] Presently, however, the placement of entitlements and interpretation of scope are backwards. Keller, Recognizing the Derivative Works Right as a Moral Right: A Case Comparison and Proposal , 63 Case W. Zywicki & Thomas J. vii] Deidrè A. 511, 523 (2012). viii] See, e.g., Lee J.