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Michelangelo’s David and cultural heritage images. The Italian pseudo-intellectual property and the end of public domain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

107-108 of the Legislative Decree 42/2004 , Cultural Heritage Code “Codice dei Beni Culturali” (the public law on the regulation of cultural heritage) and, by analogy, art. They merge and overlap pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests, such as public law (Legislative Decree 42/2004) and private law (Civil Code).

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

Merely put, it is an individual’s right to handle the commercial use of their name, image, individuality and personal brand. Publicity, such as character, reputation and personal brand, will be protected under various statutes, such as the Copyright Act 1957 and the Trade Marks Act 1999. iv] The Copyrights Act, 1957. [v]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

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Adyasha notes that while the Copyright Act deems the producer of a film as its author, that doesn’t imply that author and copyright owner would necessarily remain the same perpetually. She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. 14 July, 2021].

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Suprnova’s Founder Speaks: 20 Years, Many Lessons, and a YouTube Empire

TorrentFreak

December 19, 2004: Suprnova.org Shuts Down In record time, Suprnova became one of the most visited websites on the Internet. 20+ Years Ago… Just as quickly as it rose to stardom, exactly twenty years ago today on December 19, 2004, Suprnova went dark. Is my view of copyrights and business in general as naive as it was back then?

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2024

SpicyIP

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court opined that the proviso under Section 33(1) of the Act, which mandates that license can only be issued via copyright societies, does not apply to sound recordings.

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