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Prof. Avichal Bhatnagar v. The CEO, Pralek Prakashan Pvt. Ltd : Taking a Look at The Conundrum Surrounding Copyright Protection vis-a-vis Accessibility for PwDs

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On a broad reading, there seems to be an obvious conflict of two areas of law, where the RPwD Act mandates fundamental access to all content but the Copyright Act grants the author the right to control how their works are copied.

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Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

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Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. A used copy will set you back $1.09; for reasons unknown, a new copy is going for $113.03—In

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Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors

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It is now absolutely clear that authors are now entitled to royalties for the commercial use of sound recordings, except when screened in cinema halls. One of the key features was recognition of the rights of authors of original literary, dramatic, artistic and musical work, used in derivative works.

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