Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Image from DALL-E 3 Introduction Generative AI is disrupting the creative process(es) of intellectual works on an unparalleled scale. More and more AI systems offer services that push users’ production capacity for new literary and artistic works beyond unforeseen barriers. Firstly, the amendment 399 to Art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In many computational creativity projects in the fields of art , journalism and music , the heavy reliance on AI stretches the causation bond between the human author and the final creative output to breaking point. Consequently, it is not clear whether copyright protection would still subsist in many of these newly emerged works.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

It also does not permit the foundation to impose, even in the UK, any restriction (other than the payment of royalties) on performances of, or creation of derivative works from, the play. And the 1911 content reused in these works may actually be in the public domain already.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Lame comparisons apart, this story is interesting as it is an opportunity to discuss the protectability of artistic works under Italian laws. We have an artwork, displayed in a museum and which is in the public domain. Second, Art. Yet, this work of art is not located in a museum but en plein air.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Deluxe Films (1978), to qualify for copyright protection in India, the work must fulfil two essential requirements: Originality and copyrightable subject matter: Copyright subsists in only original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and cinematographic films and sound recordings. of India, L.P.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Therefore, AI may not equipped for generating an original work. The subordinate work created by the creator should have a few recognizable highlights and flavour.”

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Originals” [7] : The Works at Issue. 1183 (2021).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. Photographic works. . To qualify as a photographic work, a photograph must meet the general “creativity” ( creatività ) threshold.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

107, as the film provides commentary on the art of burlesque. The latter have in the past too often run into difficulties as clearing rights over the (often incidental and documentary) use of third parties’ music or artistic works had turned in an almost impossible task, something comparable to a walk through a minefield.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The term varied depending on the nature of the work. For literary, dramatic, and musical works, copyright lasted for the lifetime of the author plus 50 years after their death. In the case of photographs and artistic works, the term was 50 years from the date of publication.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artistic” works as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es Is it art, collaboration, or something else? Brands themselves want in on the act, officially sponsoring artists’ modifications.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Many copyright scholars and most in the world of fine art have loudly condemned the ruling as a travesty of justice. It defined a parody as “a “literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule” ( id.

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IIPRD

JUNE 6, 2022

In order to combat alleged abuses such as biopiracy, several communities have built traditional knowledge databases to document their traditional knowledge as prior art. Thus, if the claims are covered by the relevant prior art, the invention is invalid. Important cases.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Copyright is the type of Intellectual Property most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. .

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Copyright is the type of IP most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. That’s understandable. Trademarks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

As noted by Professor Jake Linford , the examples used by the Court when it discusses application of the Rogers test focus on uses in the title or content of artistic works (not on T-shirts). Such words and symbols are also less likely to function as a source-identifying mark.

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