The IPKat
APRIL 8, 2022
The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works. The movie had entered cinema oblivion. It risks being a hackneyed truism—the purpose of copyright law is to encourage the production of original creative works.
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask. BMG (1988).
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Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
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. The breathless media reports soon followed.
SpicyIP
JUNE 26, 2024
Subtitles, which are derivative works of the original content, are protected by copyright; however, to universally access video content in cinemas and on television, subtitles, audio-descriptors and other accessibility aids are necessary.
The IPKat
JANUARY 23, 2023
The cross-media creative franchise (think "Wonder Woman", from comics to film), is the apotheosis of the commercial potential of derivative works within the copyright system. Here, there, and everywhere, the celluloid adaptation of previously created contents is so 21st century. Her art is so pure that it becomes invisible.
SpicyIP
MAY 23, 2024
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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