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The Much-Adapted “Peter Pan” (1904 – Forever )

Velocity of Content

Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about. All copyrights, except one, expire.*.

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. 5] Appeal (civil) 6472 of 2004. [6] 6] [2004] 1 SCR 339. [7] It was written with a distinct style and message. 1] [1916] 2 Ch 601. [2] 2] [1964] 1 All ER 465. [3]

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

” In 2004, video game publisher Capcom contacted MKR, the film’s producer, to inquire about about obtaining a license to use elements from the film in one of its games. These are apparently go-to accessories for people who don’t have skin. Dawn of the Dead.

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Oops, I sampled again… The meaning of ‘pastiche’ as an autonomous concept under EU copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The facts of the case are all too familiar by now: in 2004, German band Kraftwerk took hip hop producer Moses Pelham to court for copyright infringement after he sampled two seconds of their song “Metall auf Metall” and looped it in Sabrina Setlur’s track “Nur Mir”. Although AG Crúz Villalon argued in his Opinion (para.