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Can We Reexamine the Role of Blockchain in Copyright Now?

Plagiarism Today

However, those familiar with copyright law, immediately began to point out flaws in the plan. Though some artists did manage to capitalize, NFTs quickly became a haven for selling pirated and infringing works. Blockchain, when it comes to copyright, has been a solution looking for a problem.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it.

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Fashion Imitations and Legal Threads: Navigating Intellectual Property Rights in India

IIPRD

Furthermore, if a design is eligible for registration within the Designs Act, 2000 but has not been registered, it can only be protected within the Copyrights Act if its owner produces it in an “industrial process” no more than fifty times. Registered copyright is merely an indication of ownership; it is not proof of ownership.