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3 Count: Time’s Side

Plagiarism Today

1: Court of Appeals Rules That a Timely Filed Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Can Recover All Damages, No Matter How Long Ago They Occurred. However, under the conventional theory of damages, Starz would have only been eligible for damages on infringements going back to May 2017, three years before the lawsuit was filed in May 2020.

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

IP and Legal Filings

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. INTRODUCTION.

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[Guest Post] WIPO’s African Group hits the ground running with a Work Program on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

The IPKat

WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). This is made worse by the difficulty in accessing funds to purchase licenses for online resources from publishers.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. 5 of 2020, dated November 16, 2020, regarding ESP in the Private Sector, as amended by MOCI Regulation No.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration

The IPKat

The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks. Also in January in Kenya, a call for public participation on the Draft Copyright Tribunal (Procedure) Regulations , 2022 was issued, allowing the public to review and comment. 102, outline the criteria for Collective Management Organizations to determine license fees for music usage.

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Establishment and operation of CMOs in Greece

LexBlog IP

Also, article 18(3) of Law 4481/2017 states as follows: Management fees of the collective management organisation shall not exceed the justified and documented costs in managing copyright and related rights. Management fees should not exceed, on average, 20% of the gross rights revenue of the collective management organisation.

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Greek collecting societies are not entitled to collect equitable remuneration for artists and producers not represented by them by contract or mandate

LexBlog IP

It was formed following a state license, in order to collect, among other things, the equitable remuneration provided by article 49 of Law 2121/93 in favour of producers, performers, and musicians for the public performance of legitimately released sound carriers. The direct licensing of in-store music was not covered by the agreement.