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The EU imperative to a free public domain: The case of Italian cultural heritage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain.

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Copyright Licensing in Podcasting: A Legal Guide for Creators

Intepat

This principle is key for podcasters, as it means that if Podcaster A accuses Podcaster B of copying their interview format, the claim would likely fail because formats and factual content are not copyrightable. Additionally, take advantage of public domain resources to use free, unrestricted materials whenever possible.

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

Copyright Lately

version of the book credited Scott-Giles for the maps and diagrams he specially drew for the edition, but didn’t contain a copyright notice. The 1949 English-language publication of Dante’s “Inferno” was first published in the U.K. publication with notice but without registration prior to 1978 did just that.

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

2] While most Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain, the estate alleged that some works and character elements regarding Sherlock Holmes are still protected by copyright. [3] 18] Netflix admitted it had access to and copied the memoir. [19] 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6].

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

When the said sensor recognizes it is in front of the Ara Pacis, it gives the order to copy the colored reproductions of some parts of the Ara Pacis, stored in a cloud-based database, and display them on the screen of the goggles. i) Public domain works. Copyright implies exclusive prerogatives.

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The dubious utilitarian argument for granting copyright in AI-generated works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Our societys welfare will probably be better served by leaving AIGW in the public domain. Creating the first copy of an original work is often a costly endeavour. And so I think we are probably better off leaving those works in the public domain. This causes a problem for the producer.

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As Publishers Beat Internet Archive, Are Libraries The Real Losers?

Copyright Lately

Internet Archive (read the opinion here) , the court dealt a decisive blow to the Internet Archive, ruling that its practice of scanning and lending digital copies of books doesn’t qualify as fair use under the Copyright Act. When the electronic book is “checked out,” the physical copy is removed from circulation.