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[Guest Post] Copyright as movable property: Constitutional issues with Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022

The IPKat

Is copyright movable property under Nigerian law? Before the enactment of the new Act, the status of copyright as movable property under Nigerian law was uncertain, as the Nigerian Constitution lacks explicit definitions for "movable" and "immovable" property. copyright), can one call such a constitutional right?

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Copyright Protection of Photographs: a Comparative Analysis Between France, Germany and Italy

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As is known, originality has always been the essential requirement of copyright law, and only works that show some minimum amount of this attribute usually fall within the scope of protection. By contrast, the author of a simple photograph is not granted any moral right. Simple photographs. . by Alexander Puutio. €

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IPSC Breakout Session 3, Language and Authorship/ownership

43(B)log

If public function, no, but if private, yes. So if you bring kids up speaking this language, you will definitely have lost control.] A: author of Esperanto consigned it to the public domain. Authors have options: they can surrender to the public; they can assert complete control; or something in between.