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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

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Acko General Insurance , the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ under Sec. 2(c), the fair use exemption thereof under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work.

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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An IP-Centric Approach towards AI Regulation in India- Part II

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Licensing of training datasets The licensing of datasets – for the concerned rights under Sec. 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (the Act), along with attribution seems like a possible solution that would address the concerns raised in the above cases. Some have argued in favour of fair use, at least in the US context.

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

IP and Legal Filings

Entertainment, a company incorporated by the famous music composer, singer and lyrist Daler Mehndi, sought a permanent injunction prohibiting infringement of his publicity rights and deceptive endorsements that could result in passing off. Copyright laws also provide plausible remedies for enforcing one’s right to personality.

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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

Regardless, as of this writing there are now five cases that may provide some clarity on this less frequently discussed but foundational issue of the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for AI (I use “AI” here as a shorthand which also includes text and data mining and machine learning).

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Spanish Court finds that virtual exhibition of NFTs based on paintings is "harmless use"

The IPKat

One of Mango's virtual fashion week runways ( Mango ) The Court's ruling Moral rights The Court began by examining the moral right of dissemination under Spanish law, and found that - seeing as the relevant works had already been displayed to the public at large - such rights had been exhausted, and there was no further infringement.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

According, to section 52 educational purposes, research or criticism are all fair use and do not attract copyright infringement. Even using a legal music streaming service to listen to music on your own phone and in your own house or in a private setting does not attract copyright infringement. Mannu Bhandari V.