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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

SpicyIP

Acko General Insurance , the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. 13(1) of being ‘original artistic work’.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. What about moral rights? a work of ‘artistic craftsmanship’.

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Music Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. Along with the economic rights granted by copyright, the copyright holder also has moral rights. Section 57 of the Copyright Act of 1957 in India provides for moral rights. In the case of Mannu Bhandari V. Kala Vikas Pictures Pvt.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Besides the economic rights provided by copyright, there are moral rights also provided to the copyright holder. In India, Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides for moral rights. Mannu Bhandari V.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Besides the economic rights provided by copyright, there are moral rights also provided to the copyright holder. In India, Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides for moral rights. Mannu Bhandari V.

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Is The ‘Art’ Of Food Plating Copyrightable

Intepat

Section 13(1)(a) of the Copyright Act of 1957 protects original artistic works, while Section 2(c)(iii) defines “artistic work” as “any other work of artistic craftsmanship.” At the moment, there is no explicit rule or ruling in place in order to protect artistic work used in the plating of a dish.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. In this way, when an AI is perceived as a creator of the work, AI will most likely be unable to find out any demonstration has impacted the owner of the work.