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Fresco removal might amount to moral rights infringement

The IPKat

Exposing the tangible support of a work to the vagaries of the climate or destroying it outright, might however raise copyright issues, in particular regarding moral rights. In 2015, the local authority put the building housing the fresco up for sale. Moral rights infringement The Court recalled that, under article L.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. 8, 2015), [link].

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

IP and Legal Filings

Certain sections like 2(qq) and 38, define a “performer” and specify whether a person’s personality falls under the definition of a performer, under which a performer’s right may be asserted, hence prohibiting the unapproved marketing of a performer’s work. Varsha Productions, 2015 SCC OnLine Mad 158. [7] Rajagopal v.

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Beyond the Big Screen: The Legal Odyssey of Film Titles in India

IP and Legal Filings

7] , the plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement and requested the issuance of an interim injunction to prevent the defendant’s film “Mohenjo Daro” from being released. Parag Sanghavi, 2015 SCC OnLine Del 11644 [4] Kanungo Media (P) Ltd. 27, 2023) [link] [2] Krishika Lulla v. Mondaq (Dec.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 30-October 6)

SpicyIP

The Court held that there was violation of the plaintiff’s personality/publicity rights as well as moral rights in his performances. A dispute arose between them wherein the copyright belonging to the partnership firm was being exploited by the second respondent, denying the firm royalties out of such exploitation.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

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Digital Rights Management emerged as a result of ubiquitous copyright infringement related to digital content. DRM work mechanism to protect the digital copyright work is to put barriers in places to prevent the stealing of the digital content. These rights are transferrable for financial benefits.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. Claims under copyright law.