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Striking the Right Chord: How the New MoU and Proposed Standard Agreement Aim to Give Screenwriters, Lyricists, and Composers Their Due Credit

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Before the 2012 amendment, the right to a royalty of these composers and lyricists barely existed. Things did improve after the 2012 amendment, however, there are still major issues holding back these authors from reaping the complete benefits of their works. Similarly, for the composers and lyricists things werent any better.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

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Firstly, work generated from AI with input, in this case command is given by the human or programmer and get output out of it with the help of their creative and innovative ideas hence the ownership and authorship can be ascribed to the human who has given innovative inputs to the AI. Issues There are many issues in granting ownership to AI.

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

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Producers may claim exclusive ownership of an album or song in court owing to copyright protections. Rights to distribute and reproduce the work exclusively, as well as the right to grant a license that will allow the copyright holder to collect royalties, are included in this property.

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

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Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

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Till now, the Copyright Act, 1957 has been amended five times in the year 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994 and the latest in 2012 which included the provisions for dealing with the digital content and Digital Rights Management Techniques. These rights are transferrable for financial benefits.

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Copyright Of Cinematograph Films: Indian Scenario

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Recently, there have been instances of disputes between film producers and scriptwriters or musical composers over rights such as remakes, dubbing rights, etc. [3] 7] They argued that since they paid for these elements to be used in their movie, they had legitimate ownership of the final product. In the case of Ilayaraja v.

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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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Without further ado, here’s what I found in the Januarys: Virtual World, Gaming, and IPs: Sifting through January pages, a decade-old post by Deepshikha Malhotra caught my attention, discussing Property Rights in the Virtual World. The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated.