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A musical box infringes author’s moral rights, says the French Cassation Court

The IPKat

Kat readers who have been to Paris surely remember the numerous shops selling musical boxes. Such musical boxes, especially popular among tourists, commonly feature classical French songs. During his lifetime, Trenet assigned his economic rights to these songs to his music publisher, Editions Raoul Breton.

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Moral Rights in Copyright: Lin-Manuel Miranda sues Texas Church for unauthorized performances of “Hamilton”

IPilogue

In response to a Texan Church’s unauthorized performance of Hamilton , where the musical’s contents were altered to reflect Christian Values , Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Hamilton musical tweets, “Now lawyers do their work.” So, what exactly does this “work” entail?

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Music Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. Music lovers can now effortlessly stream music from anywhere in the world. Even in restaurants, bars, and lounges, the music is played to entertain their customers, whether by employing DJs or playing music through sound systems.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. Even restaurants, bars and lounges play music to entertain guests, either through hiring DJs or by playing music through sound systems. The defendant no 1 i.e, The defendant no 1 i.e,

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Ballad in the mall: the violence of a scene does not give rise to an integrity claim in relation to the background music

The IPKat

A Kat thinking about synchronisation The past few years have been marked by major copyright disputes involving musical works [ IPKat here , here or here ]. This time the dispute focused on the impact on moral rights of synchronising a musical work with a TV show about drug cartels. Facts Mr M.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. Even restaurants, bars and lounges play music to entertain guests, either through hiring DJs or by playing music through sound systems. The defendant no 1 i.e, The defendant no 1 i.e,

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. The transformed state of music now also includes remixes which on a substantial purview might engage in conflict with the foundational legal rights of the music produced by the musician.

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