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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 its 2010/2011 student guide, the school's internal regulations stated that “ students grant their school permission to use their work exclusively for educational and non-commercial purposes, to promote the school to the general public ”.

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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

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And who poses moral rights in the work? This chapter also describes the methodology for the qualitative empirical research that involved 20 interviews conducted during 2011-13 with participants from the theatre community including actors, playwrights, directors, and producers. The monograph is presented in six chapters.

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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

IP and Legal Filings

Using someone else’s identity without their consent violates both their personality rights as well as their right to privacy. Network Solutions Private Limited and Ors Case (2011) , the Hon’ble Delhi High Court noted that an individual’s online reputation or popularity is a reflection of their real life.

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Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Over the course of a decade, Google copied large volumes of books and made them available online, both through excerpts, known as “snippets”, and as entire publications. style fair use: South Korea adopted it in 2011 , and it has been considered for adoption by Australia. As such, it was permissible under United States copyright law.

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

LexBlog IP

petition (at 5 ), “Respondent VIP Products LLC copied Jack Daniel’s marks and trade dress to make a dog toy, ‘Bad Spaniels,’ that imitates a Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle while adding poop humor.” Petition at page 5 (quoting Memorandum Opinion, copy at Appendix, page 18a ). According to the cert.