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Cropping photograph and omitting author's name may infringe moral rights

The IPKat

This Kat has found a recent ruling issued by the Paris Court of Appeal concerning a copyright infringement dispute involving photographs. This judgment provides an opportunity to examine the concept of originality as applied to photographs, and also to understand what may constitute an infringement of moral rights.

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Man Arrested for Sharing Copyright Infringing Nude Scenes Through Reddit

TorrentFreak

The web is riddled with copyright infringing content, ranging from full-length blockbuster films, through small music samples, to reposted celebrity photos on social media. While these clips may not directly hurt revenues, copyrights also have moral rights which include the right to integrity, which could come into play here.

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Vempati Ravi Shankar – Facebook Copyright Dispute: Issues on Moral Rights and Posthumous Enforcement of Celebrity Rights

SpicyIP

Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. A copyright holder has the exclusive right to communicate his work to the public and as the plaintiff’s sound recordings were used without authorisation, copyright infringement could be easily proved.

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Limitation period for copyright infringement actions in France

The IPKat

This Kat always eagerly awaits decisions from the French Cour de Cassation, so he was delighted to find out about an important recent decision on copyright (Cour de cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 15 November 2023, n° 22-23.266). The judgment focuses on a procedural aspect, namely the limitation period for an action for copyright infringement.

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Fresco removal might amount to moral rights infringement

The IPKat

Exposing the tangible support of a work to the vagaries of the climate or destroying it outright, might however raise copyright issues, in particular regarding moral rights. After unsuccessfully trying to reach an amicable settlement, they sued Finapar for copyright infringement before the tribunal judiciaire of Lille.

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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

The IPKat

Who receives the credit and the licensing rights? What happens when a copyright infringement claim is made against the playwright? And who poses moral rights in the work? In what circumstances can a director or actor be granted joint-authorship with the writer? The monograph is presented in six chapters.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

However, if such streaming of copyrighted music is done without obtaining license from the copyright holder, then it amounts to copyright infringement. Hence, licensed broadcasting of copyrighted music does not give rise to copyright infringement. In the case of Super Cassettes Industries Pvt.