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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

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The court (Justice Gautam Patel) reasoned that Section 15(2) only talks about designs, not artistic works and the Designs Act explicitly excludes artistic works from the definition of design. The upshot was that those drawings, not being designs, could retain copyright as artistic works (since 15(2) didnt apply to them).

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era. Copyright And Copyright Law Copyright is one of the crucial parts of Intellectual Property Rights which helps the owner of any creative work to have a legal right over the possession of such work or art.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

This issue was cleared in Civic Chandran case wherein the Court held that ‘the purpose of reproduction of artistic work i.e., counter drama was not misappropriation, to produce a play similar to the original. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post Parody under the Copyright Law first appeared on IPLF.

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Can We Reexamine the Role of Blockchain in Copyright Now?

Plagiarism Today

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . The payment beyond excessive.

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Dispute on Copyright and Creativity

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Record labels argue that AI developers infringe on copyright when using their catalog for training without authorization. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): This law protects against unauthorized digital copying and distribution. AI-generated content that replicates copyrighted music may violate DMCA provisions.

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Social Media, Creative Theft, and Copyright: What Every Independent Artist Needs to Know

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Independent artists are especially at risk of creative theft, with their work often misrepresented or taken without consent. Many don’t realize they have legal options, making it even more important to understand copyright protection. For independent artists, protecting one’s creative work has never been more important.

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Emerging Trends In Digital Copyright Law

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

People have become less dependent on print media and more likely to use a digital medium such as computerized documents of soft copies. Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works.