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Permissibility Of A Waiver Of Moral Rights Of An Author Under The Copyright Regime

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Section 57 of the Copyright Act of 1957 covers authors’ special rights particularly, highlighting the importance of expanding such rights beyond solely economic grounds. As a result, the lifetime of these rights varies greatly between countries. Waiver of moral right of the author permissible?

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Spanish Court finds that virtual exhibition of NFTs based on paintings is "harmless use"

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One of Mango's virtual fashion week runways ( Mango ) The Court's ruling Moral rights The Court began by examining the moral right of dissemination under Spanish law, and found that - seeing as the relevant works had already been displayed to the public at large - such rights had been exhausted, and there was no further infringement.

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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

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Mango, in turn, sustained in its defence that (i) as the rightful owner of the physical Paintings, it was entitled to display them in public, and that (ii) the creation of digital works (i.e. Therefore, the moral right of “disclosure” had already been exhausted. an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

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Accordingly, assuming the ownership is conceded to AI, making such a transfer would be troublesome Fourthly, under Section 57, author has Moral rights, incorporates right to paternity and right to integrity. internet source) [link] [link] [link] [1] Rupendra Kashyap vs Jiwan Publishing House Pvt Ltd.(1996)

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Inclusion of a lamp in a photograph: French court sheds light on incidental inclusion

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1ère, 12 July 2012, no. Moral right of attribution Finally, regarding the infringement of the moral right of attribution, the mere fact that the name of Mr Cuny was absent from the photographs published on social networks was sufficient to uphold it. 11-15.165 ).

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The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

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These issues have stalled negotiations for many years since the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performance held in Beijing in June 2012. 2) Term of protection: The Treaty envisages a minimum term of 50 years for both the economic rights it regulates and the moral rights.

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Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors

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Image from here Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors By Surabhi Katare In a major development, Calcutta High Court’s passed a landmark judgement on May 17, 2024, in safeguarding the copyrights of authors of music and literary work used in sound recordings.

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