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On repatriation: Questions of copyright ownership and management of repatriated cultural heritage materials

The IPKat

Oriakhogba’s work is a timely reflection on approaches to navigate the complex terrain of using copyright laws to address issues of ownership, control and management inherent in or arising from repatriated (and/or "should-be-repatriated") cultural heritage materials. See South Africa's Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act.

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Joseph E. Walsh Jr. and Michael Kella Offer Protective Steps for Software Purchasers in The Licensing Journal

LexBlog IP

Software products often have more than one author or developer, and layered copyright ownership. Recently published by The Licensing Journal, the article at the link below breaks out five key issues to keep in mind when considering a major software purchase. READ THE ARTICLE IN THE LICENSING JOURNAL HERE.

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Viral TikTok Music Trends as Low-Cost Marketing – Who gets to choose how and when a song is released?

IPilogue

This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. But what are the legal underpinnings that tie Halsey’s (and other artists’) ownership and control of their music? In a 1998 journal article by Raymond T.

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Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Should problems emerge, a solution could be provided in the – also unharmonised – rules on the first ownership of copyright of scientific publications. In most Member States, employers are considered to enjoy first ownership of copyright over works created by employees in the course of employment.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

However, the appellate court seems to invalidate that six-factor test: “Determining he ownership of social-media accounts is indeed a relatively novel exercise, but that novelty does not warrant a new six-factor test.” The next step is to determine whether ownership ever transferred to another party.

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The Contents of Global Privacy Law Review, Volume 05, Issue 1, 2024

Kluwer Copyright Blog

We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions: Javier Torre de Silva y López de Letona, The Right to Scrape Data on the Internet: From the US Case hiQLabs, Inc. LinkedIn Corp.

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3 Count: Italian Shutdown

Plagiarism Today

Sci-Hub is a site that provides access to academic journals and articles for free. 3: Repudiation of Ownership Costs Pulp Fiction Photographer Copyright Claim. However, it also represents the first time that the site’s operator, Alexandra Elbakyan, has been defended in court. Finally today, Daniel R. Mello and Margaret A.