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Striking the Right Chord: How the New MoU and Proposed Standard Agreement Aim to Give Screenwriters, Lyricists, and Composers Their Due Credit

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This post aims to look at the important terms of the MoU and the Standard Agreement, as highlighted in these reports. A Unified Approach for More Bargaining Power The MoU is signed between the SWA and MCAI and concerns the rights of music composers and lyricists. MCAI on the other hand is an association of music composers.

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AIPPI Congress (Report 1): Is IP the "bogeyman" in access to Covid-19 vaccines?

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Although she could not stay for the entire session due to pressing issues developing in ExCo related to the moral rights question, she was there for the most pertinent discussion of interest to readers. A procurement contract does not. The production that was contracted out rose, but at a lesser rate.

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The Future of Copyright. In memory of Luigi Carlo Ubertazzi (Report 2/2)

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And here is the second part of the report about the intense day of study dedicated to the memory of Prof. Perhaps, says Ricolfi, one might think Joseph Schumpeter was right: large oligopolies do not need IP. So what are the evolutionary contours of IP?

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. The question as to whether the required serious infringement of moral rights had occurred could, the BGH ruled, only be ascertained on the basis of an analysis of the entire circumstances of the specific case.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work. Reminder: last call to vote for your best IP book of 2021 by participating in the poll here !

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Limitations to parties’ choice of law in copyright exploitation contracts in the digital era (Part 2)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This is the second of a set of two blog posts (see Part 1 here ) which analyses the limitations to parties’ freedom to determine the law applicable to contracts aimed at the exploitation of protected content online. to the extent that the contract covers significant acts of exploitation in Germany (Article 32b German Copyright Act ).

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Limitations to parties’ choice of law in copyright exploitation contracts in the digital era (Part 1)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Thus, the digital context of copyright exploitation contracts leads to questions of applicable law. Business-to-business contracting parties enjoy significant freedom in determining the law applicable to their contractual relationship. The online exploitation of content protected by copyright inherently entails cross-border aspects.