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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Material access to works is made possible and regulated either by the right of ownership of the original form of the work, or by concluding a contract with a distributor in order to obtain a material copy of the work. The use of works in the public domain is deemed to be free for all. For an overview, see here and here ).

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Right to Research (“R2R”): An Independent Right with an Imposed Dependence in Copyright Law?

SpicyIP

Right to Research (“R2R”): An Independent Right with an Imposed Dependence in Copyright Law? However, a full-fledged discussion around whether a ‘Right to Research’ exists in India, whether it be internal, or external to Copyright laws seems largely absent. a user right under copyright law. Lokesh Vyas.

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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

Every day, there are several ways that someone’s copyright is violated on social networking sites. The nature and notion of copyright, as well as a brief overview of social networking sites, have remained the main focus of this research study.

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On repatriation: Questions of copyright ownership and management of repatriated cultural heritage materials

The IPKat

Oriakhogba’s work is a timely reflection on approaches to navigate the complex terrain of using copyright laws to address issues of ownership, control and management inherent in or arising from repatriated (and/or "should-be-repatriated") cultural heritage materials.

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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

IPilogue

Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. A copyright owner may of course transfer the right as it wishes (s.

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Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws?

SpicyIP

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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Italian Supreme Court says that the quotation exception in copyright law only applies to partial reproductions of works, never to works in their entirety

The IPKat

Kat- quotation There is little doubt that one of the most (if not the most) significant exceptions in copyright law is the one relating to quotation, criticism or review. All this is testimony to the importance of this copyright exception. All this is testimony to the importance of this copyright exception.