Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Act I When the Committee charged with conducting Canada’s 2019 Copyright Act Review turned its mind to AI, its primary concern was with “help[ing] Canada’s promising future in artificial intelligence become reality” ( Report 2019 ). More from our authors: International Cybersecurity and Privacy Law in Practice, Second Edition by Charlotte A.

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Copyright Government Copyright Law Reporting 69

SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2021

When legislation is enacted, this is unlikely to bode well for either the right to privacy, or judicial transparency. In Justice Kaul’s concurring opinion, he considers that the RTBF can be brought under the umbrella of the right to privacy. The Puttaswamy judgment does not lay down any laws pertaining to the RTBF.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This law protects the rights of publicity and privacy of people like politicians and celebrities who don’t want others to register their name or image as a trademark for goods or services. See the amicus brief discussing free speech limits on the rights of publicity and privacy filed by the Motion Picture Association in Elster.)

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Registration Trademark Blogging Law 74

SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2023

Looking at the Data from the IPO Annual Reports Patent filings and grants are at an all-time high in India. Looking for an answer, Swaraj, Praharsh, and Anshuman explore the data from the Indian Patent Office’s annual reports in their post. But who are the parties filing these patent applications?

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Personality Rights Copyright Patent Copyright Infringement 97

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

An interim order issued by a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten (RTBF) as a subset of the fundamental right to privacy. The Kerala High Court had recognised a petitioner’s right to privacy and reputation while seeking the removal of their name from judgments published on IndianKanoon.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 28, 2022

The Narendera Publishing House case provided a more interesting view by regarding copyright as a “privilege” and user interests as the “ competing interest of enriching the public domain” The Rameshwari Photocopy judgment is interesting as it used differing descriptions for Section 52. create works and make them available).

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IP Copyright Fair Use Public Domain 138

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed. Cloudflare, Alissa Starzak: Tech measures used by platforms do not work for infrastructure providers and could have profound impacts on privacy and security.

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Copyright Fair Use Music Licensing 45

43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

4) Exclusivity—don’t work with another studio; some others say you can’t write articles/talk to reporters—not clear whether enforceable. Skepticism: good for parties, but systemic effect has third party costs to the public—extralegally erodes spaces that law preserves for public use, like facts being in the public domain.

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IP Public Domain Music Copyright 72

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

To a degree, it also mirrors the difficult question concerning the platforms’ impact (and maybe that of the Internet itself) on the news and the organizations that report it. In other words, what level of contractual control over public domain information is acceptable. For example, specific statutes can tackle it.

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