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Emerging Trends In Digital Copyright Law

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

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. Firstly, take the example of social media. With the advent of social media, anyone can post anything on it.

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Centering Artists’ Voices Within IP Discourse

IPilogue

On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. This observation, coupled with seeing multiple artists be exploited by Instagram users and large companies, motivated me to reach out to several creatives online and bring their voices to the IPilogue.

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First preliminary injunction issued by a court in Turkey regarding NFTs

The IPKat

The court did not elaborate on the technical features of the NFTs, nor did it comment on the legal definition of same in rendering its decision. This decision is significant as being the first court judgment in Turkey related to NFTs and recognizing that NFTs can be subject to a preliminary injunction.

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Rogers v Grimaldi doesn't apply to alcohol, but Peaky Blinders still can't get injunction

43(B)log

If we got rid of the bizarre idea that Rogers was about artistic works and correctly labeled it as being about commercial speech, courts would do much better. The dictionary definitions of the words “Peaky” and “Blinders” were not dispositive. Did Mandabach have valid marks? Anyway, Mandabach also didn’t show likely confusion.

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Comprehending Broadcasting Contracts and Intellectual Property Law at Crossroads

IIPRD

It is interesting to note that the draft bills also include “OTT & Terrestrial Broadcasting Networks” within the definition of “Broadcaster” expanding the scope of regulation due to high content consumption in the two arenas. Current Broadcasting regulation in India.

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Copyright Infringement Case Concerning Photos of Jennifer Lopez Gets Dismissed: An Overview of the August Image LLC v AirG Inc Decision

IPilogue

August asserts that the Defendant, AirG Inc, a Canadian social media brand, committed copyright infringement by reproducing six of Pugliese’s Jennifer Lopez photos on their website without permission. They sought $22,412.45 in damages, which is the total license fee for the photos. According to the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c.

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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

IP and Legal Filings

Additionally, when it comes to videos, we live in a time of social media where the platforms are made up of recreations and iterations of works. Art that is based on the artist’s interpretation and the motivation behind the creation is called abstract art. Thus, the issue of uniqueness is raised. Abstract Art.

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