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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 2001, the professor published a critical edition of Demetrii principis Cantemirii. In 2015, the Romanian Academy/National Foundation for Science and Art, published a book that allegedly incorporated Slușanschi’s critical edition.

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

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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. Taylor however retained the copyrights over the compositions she created, enabling her to (re-)publish the music independently.

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A Work in Progress: CCC and Artificial Intelligence

Velocity of Content

This started with photocopies in our early days, and over time, as technology advanced, we introduced new licensing, like licensing for digital rights and for text and data mining. We have a collective, or blanket, license covering thousands of publishers and millions of items. But our licensing is dominated by scholarly publishing.

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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. It is somehow different from the right to make transformative derivative works (where the word “transformed” is used in Section 101 ) such as film adaptations of books, which clearly require copyright owner consent. This will be hard to defend.

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Using that classic piece of art on a book cover: Grr…

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The cover provides the requisite information—title, author, and publisher. Indeed, it is Benjamin's notion of the aura, where each work of art has its own unique setting, which underscores just how derivative its use is when applied to a book cover. But it also includes the reproduction of a portrait of a young woman.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

For instance, moral rights may be at stake, as well as alternative forms of protection that may limit the availability of works, such as cultural heritage-related rules or contractual provisions. When copyright is involved, both economic and moral rights issues are at stake. published in Grur. 2022, 618ff.

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