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Digitalization And Copyright Law

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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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WaterRower: Has the UK’s approach to ‘artistic works’ in copyright changed?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It seems inevitable that UK copyright law will change at some stage. It increasingly appears that judges are waiting for a case which requires the inconsistencies between EU and UK copyright law to be addressed. 4 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1994 (“CDPA”), when considered under either UK or EU copyright law.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

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Introduction The word ‘parody’ refers to work that uses humor as a means to critique, ridicule, or expose the flaws in existing work. A parody, by its nature, requires the audience to recognize the original work, and the way the work is critiqued or ridiculed. References Civic Chandran v/s C.

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Authorship In An Impromptu Performance Under Indian Copyright Law

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If a singer, at a concert, was to sing in a melodious way, in an impromptu manner, i.e., there were no prior existing lyrics or melody, would such a singer be considered an author of the lyrics and the music, apart from being a performer Under Indian Copyright Law ? Music, which falls in the category of musical works; and.

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US Copyright Office refuses to register AI-generated work, finding that "human authorship is a prerequisite to copyright protection"

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Can a work entirely created by a machine be protected by copyright? The phrase ‘original works of authorship’ under §102(a) of the Act sets limits to what can be protected by copyright. As early as in Sarony (a seminal case concerning copyright protection of photographs), the US Supreme Court referred to authors as human.

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Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It should also be borne in mind that the court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the film should not be considered a documentary but just a “scripted creative work” which does not refer to real facts. Those who work on documentaries cannot help praising the fair use finding in Brown v Netflix. by Tito Rendas. €

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Copyright Protection in Food Plating

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Plating is in itself an art and in this article, we will discuss whether the Indian copyright law protects how a dish is presented by a chef. It states that an artistic work means – A painting, sculpture, drawing, diagram, map, chart, plan, engraving, photograph An architectural work Any other work of artistic craftsmanship.

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