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Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Poverty, Study Finds

TorrentFreak

It looks at the ‘piracy’ motivations of Redditors and students in higher education, specifically when it comes to Z-Library. While the students are aware of copyright law, they believe that the need to access knowledge outweighs rightsholders’ concerns. as it is difficult (77% agree). .

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Enhance Curriculum with Copyrighted Content

Velocity of Content

However, adopting a more systematic program of creating or adapting curriculum materials for an entire district or school highlights some important questions about schools’ and school districts’ rights and obligations under copyright law. While uncommon, publishers have sued school districts for copyright infringement.

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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right. If copyright protection is applied rigidly, it will hamper progress of the society. Along a similar line, the USA also offers blanket licensing through the national RRO (Reproduction Rights Organization). The number suggests its misery.

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Introducing a zero-embargo Secondary Publication Right in Bulgaria

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As a general rule, the publishers of these journals require the author to relinquish their copyright over the work by granting them an assignment of rights or an exclusive license. Pre-existing Bulgarian provision The SPR is not an entirely novel concept to Bulgarian copyright law. of the Directive.

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The New Greek Teaching Limitation after the Implementation of the DSM Directive: A New Era for Teachers, Students and Educational Establishments?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In doing so, it amended Law 2121/1993 , the Greek Copyright Law, as well as Law 4481/2017 , the law that regulates the collective management of copyright and related rights. A major part of the amendments concerns Chapter 4 of Law 2121/1993, which regulates exceptions and limitations to copyright.

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National Intellectual Property Rights Conference 2023 – Day 1

Intepat

Key takeaways encompassed the illumination of India’s thriving innovation ecosystem, the accentuation of dialogues within the WIPO Tech Access Platform on voluntary licensing arrangements, and the recognition of India’s ambitions to revamp its IP framework for more efficiency.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight

Michael Geist

Canadian copyright lobby groups have relentlessly lobbied the government to overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented restrictions on fair dealing that include eliminating it for educational institutions if a licence is available. The addition of “education” was hardly an overhaul.