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What Winnie-the-Pooh Lapsing into the Public Domain Really Means

Plagiarism Today

On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. Winnie-the-Pooh is likely the most culturally relevant character to enter the public domain since 2019, when works started entering the public domain again in the United States due to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.

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Safeguarding Access to Culture in the Digital Era in European Copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Access to videogames, music or films that are not already part of the public domain may be lost forever if the service provider decides to stop offering it. Indeed, intellectual access to works in the public domain, their enjoyment and their use presuppose prior material access to these works. 811 of the CDSM Directive.

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The puzzled tie of copyright, cultural heritage and public domain in Italian law: is the Vitruvian Man taking on unbalanced proportions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In late 2022, the Court of Venice issued an interesting order restraining the use of the image of a well-known piece of Renaissance art by Leonardo da Vinci: the Study of the Proportions of the Human Body in the Manner of Vitruvius , also known as the Vitruvian Man. [1] Pen and brown ink with wash over metalpoint on paper (34.4 633/1941, l.

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The Fairest of Them All: Justice Abella’s Legacy in Canadian Copyright Law

IPilogue

Not only did the Supreme Court of Canada hear the much-anticipated York University v Access Copyright appeal, an important case on the nature of copyright collective licensing and educational fair dealing, but it was also the Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella’s final hearing as a Supreme Court Justice.

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Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Intepat

Introduction In the ever-evolving intersection of technology and creativity, a groundbreaking revolution is underway – AI-generated art. This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership.

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European Copyright Society letter to Commissioner Breton on a future agenda in the field of copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law.

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Disney+ ‘Behind the Attraction’ Accused of Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

Onge published a video to his YouTube Channel Art of Engineering explaining the inner workings of the Disney’s Tower of Terror thrill ride. Right is from Behind the Attraction on Disney+ pic.twitter.com/Sf1biymTSz — James St.Onge – Art of Engineering (@aoEngineering) September 16, 2021. And this one.