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OTT Platforms and Digital Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

If viewers are able to access these contents for free then the amount of revenue generated from licensing of intellectual property will be far below estimations. Video content creation involves substantial investment. Measures to Prevent Piracy Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies are employed to encrypt the content.

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Navigating the Global Intellectual Property Landscape: Key Treaties and Agreements

IIPRD

3] Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1887 ‘The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works’, formed on September 9, 1886, is the earliest international treaty on copyrights. [4] Geneva, WIPO, 1984.” [3] 3] Kumar, Nagesh. 36/37 (1998): 2334– 35. [4]

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Comprehending Broadcasting Contracts and Intellectual Property Law at Crossroads

IIPRD

From DVDs to OTT, the entertainment domain has come a long way owing to rapid digitalization affecting creative authorship over their creations [1]. Recent court decisions have clarified the scope of copyright in film screenplays, personality rights, and underlying works concerning content creation and licensing in broadcasting.

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Copyright and Artificial Intelligence in Music Creation

IP and Legal Filings

For a work to be copyrightable, it must be “original ” and fixed in “ tangible form”, such as a sound “recording recorded on a CD” or a “literary work printed on paper ”. [2] 2] A musical work is the composition itself and does not include the lyrics or any sounds. “It When it comes to songs, copyright gets pretty interesting.

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