Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of creators (see Geiger, 2017 ). licenses for specific uses). However, it is only a first step towards making user’s rights a reality.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 20, 2022

But there is great excitement in the billion-dollar market for these digital images, which were launched in April 2021 and count singers Justin Bieber and Madonna among their celebrity owners. Fred Simian –the deal included licensing rights, and Green created a television show to feature Fred. Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

To get around the tangle of copyright law. There are two types of copyright registrations available for music: composition rights, which can cover lyrics and sheet music, and sound recording rights, which cover the actual recording of the song. The label can then license the music and receive a portion of the royalties.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This ambition, and the resulting huge body of work (over 850 studies), inspired us to think about new ways to interpret this empirical literature, and to offer a state-of-the-art overview of the evidence on how copyright works in society. 17 of the CDSM Directive.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

However, those familiar with copyright law, immediately began to point out flaws in the plan. Back in November 2021, copyright non-repudiation service Safe Creative announced a new system that would affix copyright information to NFTs. It just requires a complete rethinking of the technology and its application.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2021

EVENTS ALAI Canada Conference “ In conversation with William Patry ” (9 December 2021) On December 9, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. The initiative is entitled " Copyright Law 2030 - A memorandum on the future of the creative ecosystem in Europe ". We welcome December with some interesting IP events and opportunities to highlight!

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2023

The court’s March 14 ruling (read here) rejected the defendants’ assertion that copyright terminations served by Bono’s heirs effectively preempted Cher’s state law contract rights. At this rate, the Cher-Bono litigation may end up lasting longer than the couple’s marriage.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Through Twitter, she expressed that she had outlived all her recording contracts and that her master recordings should legally belong to her. copyright law. When Baker described outliving her contracts, she was referring to her right of reversion , which lets her reclaim her copyright after 35 years.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

Part I covers decisions in the areas of copyright protection and exploitation rights, as well as exceptions and limitations. Part II will focus on copyright contract law and claims under copyright law. I. Copyright protection 1. The “free use” Section 24 UrhG (old version) was removed.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 7, 2021

Jeff Miller and Sasha Jenson—licensed rights to Warner without Duthie’s participation. As Warner points out, just because a lawsuit may involve a copyrighted work, this doesn’t mean that it necessarily arises under the Copyright Act. Accounting Claims Between Copyright Co-Owners Don’t Arise Under Copyright Law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! We started this rubric in the beginning of 2021. In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The end of 2021 has been particularly busy. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Finally, the court says there is a real possibility of market harm to Nicklen’s work: However, the Sinclair Defendants’ use of the copyrighted video, if widespread, would harm the licensing market for Nicklen’s video. But isn’t all of copyright law form over substance? July 30, 2021).

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I also challenge you to at least try to draw a similar style before (1/2) — PokerPaint (@PokerPaint) September 25, 2021. pic.twitter.com/ToJt79iwa3 — PokerPaint (@PokerPaint) September 27, 2021. However, when that failed to soothe things over with the creators, they took back to Twitter with a more thorough apology.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. In May 2021, a phenomenal IPilogue submission by Keir Strickland-Murphy (Osgoode Law ‘22) touched on the recent boom of Non- fungible Tokens. The sale of an NFT also includes a smart contract. Old Laws Protect New Trends.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With respect to copyright, the court says: “Plaintiffs do not rely on copyright protection for their websites in pleading their claim…Plaintiffs are not asserting infringement of any right to the reproduction, performance, distribution, or display of their websites. We need to know more about this license.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 19, 2021

Given the disparity in negotiating power between a platform the size of Twitch and individual creators, Twitch is better situated to take on the burdens of negotiating a music licensing solution on behalf of all of the creators who drive traffic to their site. [i]

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 5, 2021

— Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) November 27, 2021. Note that this isn’t the case with traditional over-the-air radio broadcasts; due to idiosyncrasies in the way copyright law has developed over the years, artists and record labels aren’t paid for the performance of sound recordings via terrestrial broadcasts.). copyright law.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On September 30, 2021, the United State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided a much-anticipated copyright reversion case involving the slasher franchise, Friday the 13th. The terms of this basic agreement were incorporated into the Writers Flat Deal Contract Miller signed more than 40 years later.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In that regard, punitive damages for IPRs infringements have found their places in, but not limited to, China’s Civil Code (CCC), Copyright Law, Trade Mark Law and Patent Law (see former IPKat posts here and here ). In April 2021, Jin sued Baijia store for patent infringement. 01125315.0 ).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On September 30, 2021, the United State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided a much-anticipated copyright reversion case involving the slasher franchise, Friday the 13th. The terms of this basic agreement were incorporated into the Writers Flat Deal Contract Miller signed more than 40 years later.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Missed deadline and transposition In the same way as many EU member states, Ireland missed the transposition deadline (7 June 2021). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In 2021, the creative economy produced 6.98 Collateral between the investor and the creative economy actor can be in the form of: Fiduciary guarantee of intellectual property; A contract for creative economic activities; and/or. The IP valuation is to be done by an IP appraiser who must be licensed by the Ministry of Finance.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

While academics and stakeholders have been critically dissecting its controversial provisions on platform liability, news aggregation and text & data mining, the Directive’s Chapter 3 (‘Fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers’) has gone almost unnoticed, save for a positive opinion of the European Copyright Society.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

In effect, the rights acquired by the buyer of the NFT are more akin to a license to a unique copy of the content including things like the right to use, display or transfer the content but may or may not contain the right to commercially benefit from it.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). c) Top 10 Other IP Developments.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

The implementation deadline for the revamped directive has just passed (17 July 2021). The Database Directive and Open data directive have a shared history, going back to the late 1980s when the European Commission first got serious about copyright in the internal market ( Van Eechoud 2021). and not charging fees for re-use.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. As such, the exemption is reduced to a priority for individual licensing. 2 of the overall contract, available here ).

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? For that, you’d need an assignment or license from the owner of the underlying copyright. For starters, as the “Rull Pull Finder” Twitter account noted, Squemme Productions has only been in existence since July 2021. Definitely.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office ( UKIPO ) and interested stakeholders (see here ). The existing TDM exceptions under UK copyright law.

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The IPKat

JUNE 29, 2022

Back in 2021, the UK IPO undertook a consultation on AI and IP covering: copyright in works made by AI; text and data mining using copyright material; and patents for inventions devised by AI. The consultation ran from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022. It focused on three questions: 1. IP is key to innovation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Article 18 of the CDSM provides that where authors license or transfer their exclusive rights for the exploitation of their works, they are ‘ entitled to receive appropriate and proportionate remuneration ’. Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

3) According to the Court, the term “sale” used in article 41 of the Copyright Law must be interpreted in a broad sense. The compensation for damages cannot be less than twice the fee that is usually or by law paid for the type of exploitation that the infringer did without license.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

17 of the DSM Directive, the Directive stipulates that online content sharing service providers like YouTube or Vimeo are now also responsible under copyright law for user uploads, if these providers fail to meet certain obligations. At the core of the Act is a licensing obligation (Sec. Initially in Art. According to Sec.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). Users reported mixed experiences with licensing. All-purpose TDM.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 16, 2022

On 8 December 2021, the Madras High Court delivered an important judgment concerning copyright law. The High Court held that the business of granting copyright licenses can be carried out only through the copyright societies. Lemon Tree Hotels Limited (2019 SCC Online Del 6568). .— (1)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

26, 2021). A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. Apparently the “de minimis” defense to copyright infringement doesn’t exist at all in the 9th Circuit. BackChina, LLC, 2021 WL 6337194 (C.D. 2021 WL 6052106 (S.D.N.Y.

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