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Safeguarding Access to Culture in the Digital Era in European Copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Access to videogames, music or films that are not already part of the public domain may be lost forever if the service provider decides to stop offering it. Indeed, intellectual access to works in the public domain, their enjoyment and their use presuppose prior material access to these works.

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Navigating Book Copyright: Key Insights for Business Owners

Intepat

For example: Reprinting or Quoting: To include parts of a book in a blog, brochure, or other material, you’ll need a license. Public Domain Books Once copyright expires, a book enters the public domain, allowing unrestricted use. Resources like Project Gutenberg host many public domain books.

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The puzzled tie of copyright, cultural heritage and public domain in Italian law: is the Vitruvian Man taking on unbalanced proportions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Opposing the claimants’ arguments, Ravensburger challenged the cross-border application of Italian law, alleging that the claims conflict with article 14 of Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive since they attempt to unlawfully impose property assertions on public domain works. 633/1941, l.

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Can I Claim Publishing for Public Domain Song?

Dear Rich IP Blog

It would be improper to list yourself as the publisher of a public domain song (we assume that by "traditional" you're referring to PD music). Because public domain songs are not protected by copyright (they are free to the public) no one can claim ownership of these compositions.

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Creative Commons and NFTs – is CC licensing compatible with the new technologies?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

There are multiple types of CC licensing on offer for content creators, ranging from various scale attribution rights to “no rights reserved” or CC0 public domain dedication. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchain, and can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded ”.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name. she will need to strengthen her claims to ownership of the illustration. Background. In 1949, C.W. The Outcome.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. the “lion’s share” cases), and we see that the notion of what an “author” even is is highly nuanced.