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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

Plagiarism Today

1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. Under the laws at the time, this mean that it didn’t have copyright protection.

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Take What You Want From Sherwood Forest

Dear Rich IP Blog

Despite the publication date, I can't tell if this book is in the US public domain. It appears to have been only published in the UK, and I've seen evidence the copyright was renewed in the 30's. I have a recent UK copy of the book, and it has no copyright notice.

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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. on November 16, 1949.

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When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works

The IPKat

The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works. Nosferatu was a 1922 adaption (just how much was the subject of the copyright challenge to the movie) of the wildly popular 1897 book by Bram Stoker — Dracula. blood) of the living. blood) of the living.

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IP Reveries: Class 1 – IPR: A Tantalising Term or Troubling Terminology?

SpicyIP

Today, IP means and may include anything ranging from a comic book to a mobile chip, to a movie name, to software, to a famous chicken , or even one’s fame. For e.g., copyright does not actually protect a particular physical copy of the book or its pdf file, rather, it protects what lies inside it. . raised eyebrows ).

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

Copyright is the type of Intellectual Property most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. Copyright only protects: original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium. For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

Copyright is the type of IP most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. Copyright only protects: original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium. More importantly, because the work must be tangible, that also means that an idea can’t be copyrighted , only the execution of that idea.