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[Guest post] New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights

The IPKat

Here's what Kateryna and Liubov write : New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights by Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk Last year, the Ukrainian copyright reform got on its fast track. In July the Ukrainian parliament approved one of the legislative proposals on copyright and related rights as a basis.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? Recital 8 acknowledges, on the one hand, the value and potential of TDM but, on the other hand, notes the restrictions that copyright and related rights pose to the doing of TDM activities without a licence.

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Under a New EU-Focused Copyright Law, Musical Artists Currently Earn *Nothing*

TorrentFreak

The EU went on to stress the importance of ensuring transparency and balance “within the system governing the remuneration of authors and performers in a weak bargaining position.” ” The establishment of “an efficient system” for the collective management of copyright and related rights was also mentioned.

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Africa IP Highlights #3: Patents, other IPRs and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration

The IPKat

In September , the Nigerian Government collaborated with WIPO to hold a national workshop for the validation of the Draft National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (draft IP Policy). Unlike Botswana (see November, below), there is no official copy of the draft policy available online.

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[Guest post] Litigation commenced against the developers of AI image generation software

The IPKat

While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. temporary copy which is; 2. transient or incidental; 3.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

As of this writing, there is no explicit regulation governing the NFT market or the way NFTs should be produced, acquired, gathered, coined, etc. The Indonesian government has examined the existence of blockchain technology cautiously, leaning more toward acceptance of the new technology than outright prohibition. MOCI Regulation No.

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

The transformed state of music now also includes remixes which on a substantial purview might engage in conflict with the foundational legal rights of the music produced by the musician. Right to communicate the work to the public. The Indonesian copyright regime is governed by its Copyright Act of 2014 (‘Act’).

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