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Unclear student guide not enough to constitute authorisation to use short film still

The IPKat

Facts Mr T trained as an editor at a film and audiovisual school run by ECAR CAMPUS from 2009 to 2011. In the end, in the absence of any valid authorisation for use, the court was able to hold that the reproduction of the image from the short film ‘Rêve d'enfants’ constituted an infringement of Mr T's economic rights.

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Just Humor Them: Jests, Jokes, Satire, and Parody In Infringement and Defamation Cases

LexBlog IP

’ [Simon Carty, Review Of The Defamation Act 2009 ]. Conversely, in Ireland, the Defamation Act 2009 did not expressly provide a “defence in the act of artistic expression, certainly no defence for comedic output or satiric commentary,” according to Simon Carty. According to the cert. ’” Cert.