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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

IP and Legal Filings

With reference to the monetization through the YouTube video, the court stated that such humorous renditions, are not merely entertainment but also a source of livelihood for various content creators especially the youth. In India, personality rights are not formally recognised. Shroff’s powerful demeanor. Rajagopal v.

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Analyzing relationship between Contemporary art and Intellectual Property Rights

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Image Sources: Shutterstock] Protecting such outstanding works of art and property through the use of intellectual property law is undeniably a sound strategy. in addition to protecting the rights of creators, such legislation may help ensure that artists are compensated fairly for their efforts.

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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

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Do you think about the fight between musicians concerning stolen or copied song lyrics? The copyright owner or holder has the right to control who uses his creative work and the contexts in which the said work could be used. The concept of copyright is twofold since it covers both economic and moral rights.

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Artist Royalties: An exegesis of Resale rights in India

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The general position in intellectual property laws states that upon the assignment of the copyright by the artist over his artwork to another legal entity, the artist cannot enjoy any economic benefits attached to the artwork. This theory prescribes that artists have inalienable rights over their artwork upon its creation.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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The concept of quotation according to the Italian Supreme Court: yet another example of the failure in the harmonization of EU copyright exceptions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Schifano’s heirs sued again the Foundation, claiming violation of their economic and moral rights over the works. Without considering the latest indications provided by the CJEU, the Italian Supreme Court confirmed its previous case law (Cass. Relationship with the CJEU case law: a step back in time? 19 December 1996, n.11343),

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In order to bring readers up to date on earlier developments, over the next few days we will be republishing in four parts an article (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law from 2015 to 2019 organised by topic. This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights.