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[Guest post] ‘Ghiblification’ and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law

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Here's what Angela writes: Ghiblification and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law by Angela Chung Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. Copyright Law by Angela Chung Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.

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Using that classic piece of art on a book cover: Grr…

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Works of art, in the form of the reproduction of a painting, frequently adorns the cover of a reissued edition of a renowned novel. What preoccupied Benjamin was how to understand the reproduction of works of art, especially in his seminal 1935 essay entitled, in English translation, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”.

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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

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In St Art India Foundation v. Acko General Insurance , the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. Image from the order.

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Copyright Regulation for Pseudonymous, Anonymous, and Related Creative Works in India

Intepat

Copyright law serves as a vital mechanism for protecting the rights of creators over their original works. In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 provides the legal framework that governs these rights. Recent Case Law on Pseudonymous and Anonymous Works S. Ajay Kumar Goswami v.

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Non-fungible Tokens: Commercializing Exclusive Digital Art- A Companion Piece

IPilogue

Ratajkowski explained the impetus for its creation in her essay “Buying Myself Back”, where she shares that the photo she shared on Instagram had been hanging in the Gagosian as part of Richard Prince’s “New Portraits” art show. Of course, unless waived by the artist, the moral rights associated with the artistic work remain with the artist.

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“Sentiti Libera”: from street art in Genoa to the Manifesto Dress at Sanremo Music Festival 2023

The IPKat

Underneath the photo, Claire Fontaine, an artistic duo that specialises in “ready-mades” (the wording the duo uses to describe the art term “ found objects ”), was acknowledged as the author of the photograph. However, the main message behind the words on the Dior dress was inspired by the words of the piece of street art.

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.