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The Copyright Quandary regarding the Delhi High Court Rules on Live-streaming of Court Proceedings

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The Copyright Dilemma Perhaps to counter the obvious and non-obvious ills of live-streaming judicial hearings, Rule 9.2 prescribes that unauthorized use of the live streaming will be punishable “ as an offence under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, Information Technology Act, 2000, and other provisions of law, including the law of Contemp t.”

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Alfred v. Walt Disney Company: Decoding the concept of Substantial Similarity with respect to the Pirates of the Caribbean lawsuit

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Introduction In order to determine copyright infringement , the ‘substantial similarity test’ has routinely been employed by the US Courts. In 2000, the plaintiff had penned down a screenplay involving pirates and their adventures. One such case is the case of Alfred v. Walt Disney Co.

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

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Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. One such area where copyright violations are common is the internet.

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Canada’s Changing AI-Copyright Policy Discourse: A Play in Three Parts?

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Lawyer Maya Madeiros explained to the Committee that copyright law had the potential to become a serious obstacle to AI’s development: AI learns to think by reading, listening and viewing data, which can include copyrighted works such as images, video, text and other data.… data —reside).

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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

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After using a fragment of the imagery from the advertising in his painting, Koons gave the image new significance in his 2000 piece Niagara. It was claimed to be “transformational,” and because the meaning of the borrowed work was changed in a tangible and original way, copyright was not violated. Corel Corp.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

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The court further directed the authorities to look whether these DNRs ought to be permitted to continue to offer their goods and services in India, if they are not giving effect to orders the courts and not complying with the provisions of IT Act 2000, and the 2021 Rules. Comedian Vir Das, Netflix booked for copyright infringement.

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HULM Entertainment v.  Fantasy Sports: Reanalysing Originality, Idea-Expression Dichotomy and Copyrightability of GUIs

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The court reiterated that originality is the linchpin for copyright protection, meaning work must originate from the author to be eligible for safeguarding (discussed here , here , and here ) and asserted that eventually the expression of the ideas is protected and not the ideas themselves. Modak case.,