43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” It’s not clear that giving Cord’s estate ownership would be social justice, but that’s a question worth asking. Prototypical 19 th case: Publishing agreement is silent on ownership; publisher complies w/formalities and author doesn’t.

Ownership 45

Ownership Moral Rights Copyright Publishing 45

Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that. In short, the group wrongly assumed that purchasing the book granted them the rights in the book itself.

Copying 338

Copying Moral Rights Copyright Registration 338

IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In November of 2018, a limited-edition Enchanted Owl print sold for almost ten times that price, totaling at Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisals Toronto – breaking the record for the most expensive Canadian artist print ever sold via auction.

Art 105

Art Moral Rights Artwork Editing 105

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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. Copyright implies exclusive prerogatives.

Copyright 103

Copyright Public Domain Art Moral Rights 103

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

A copyright lawyer will be familiar with legal issues on subject matter, originality, authorship and ownership. Rather, it focuses on the just safeguards that should exist around the exploitation of those works, both in relation to economic and moral rights. What is it?

Copyright 95

Copyright Intellectual Property Moral Rights Ownership 95

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The volume is a beautiful testimony to the work of late Shamnad Basheer, who co-edited the first edition.

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement.

Moral Rights 128

Moral Rights Contracts Editing Related Rights 128