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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

SpicyIP

2(c), the fair use exemption thereof under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. 52(1)(t); and (ii) if yes, whether the proviso of the same or ‘fixation requirement’ excludes it from the scope of fair use. As a corollary, it also asserted ‘moral rights’ over the mural under Sec.

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IPSC Panel 14 – Copyright Authorship & Ownership

43(B)log

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” Unsettled; hard to say Cord & family intentionally or even negligently sat on their rights. Did Twain make fair use? If a household worker had listened to Twain tell a story and published it, would we think it was fair use?

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Bracing for Impact Keynote Address Tells a Copyright Story Never Told: Art and Copyright in Ghettos and Concentration Camps

IPilogue

Copyright laws should not stand between exposure to authenticity, but at the same time should not avoid dealing with illegal ownership claims.”. Dean Zemer explored the copyright principles of Fair Use, Orphan Works, and Perpetual Rights. Dean Zemer presented evocative images , sounds , and stories of the Holocaust.

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

Velocity of Content

After all, while we are pondering the weighty issue of future ownership, we are not focusing on the fundamental issue of wholesale copying of works to train AI in a wide variety of situations. I speculated that this was an attempt to avoid a messy fair use dispute. is being used as code.

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Ping® By AdlerLaw – Public Art & Social Media

LexBlog IP

What if the social media account is used to promote the account owner’s own goods or services, or a third party’s brand? Copyright Law grants the author the exclusive rights to exploit the work, subject to certain fair use defenses. Copyright Act is the primary section that grants rights to visual artists.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

The crux of this debate is the argument that if the theft of restricted digital content is for the purpose of knowledge and research, it should be considered as an act done under ‘fair use’ and ‘fair dealing’ of the content. Digital Rights Management & Fair Use If everything is so well designed, then where is the issue?

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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

Without further ado, here’s what I found in the Januarys: Virtual World, Gaming, and IPs: Sifting through January pages, a decade-old post by Deepshikha Malhotra caught my attention, discussing Property Rights in the Virtual World. The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated.