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

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Mango, in turn, sustained in its defence that (i) as the rightful owner of the physical Paintings, it was entitled to display them in public, and that (ii) the creation of digital works (i.e. Therefore, the moral right of “disclosure” had already been exhausted. an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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Topics include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes.

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Taking the Mona Lisa Effect from Illusion to Reality: Enhancing the Museum Experience with Augmented and Virtual Reality

JIPEL Copyright Blog

infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e., The legal concerns aside, the use of AR and VR in museums arguably benefits the public. For the most part, liability may be avoidable: museums could defend any copyright (e.g.,

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 5-11)

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He evaluates the various applicable laws to argue that a thesis is a ‘public document’, the right to access which is available to the public as a matter of public interest, as well as through fair use under Section 52 of Copyright Act and also the RTI Act. Other Posts.

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA: Panel 2: Will the DSA Achieve a “Brussels Effect”?

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This is a form of stringency and affects incentives for non-divisibility, especially given US statutory damages and injunctions. No balancing required—recognizing fair use is not required for platforms, nor is giving users much procedure. Bradford’s four examples of the Brussels Effect v.

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