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5 Copyright Stories to Watch in 2022

Plagiarism Today

3: Copyright and the Takings Clause. One of the more confusing areas of copyright law in the United States is how it impacts states. Under the current law, all copyright matters are federal. Though the infringement isn’t in question, the copyright registration is. 5: The Public Domain Expands.

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The Best Starting Place for People New to Copyright

Plagiarism Today

The guide is an amazingly thorough overview of copyright, written in a way to be understood by lay people and it includes nearly all of the important information one needs to know in just 10 pages and 4,000 words. Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain.

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Canada’s First AI-Authored Copyright Registration Paints a Picture of Uncertainty

IPilogue

Following registration in India, Mr. Sahni also achieved success in registering RAGHAV as his co-author for Suryast with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) in December 2021 (CIPO, registration number 1188619). An AI could enforce its copyright if a user is infringing.

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Court Rules Lego Creation Based on Religious Texts is Eligible for Copyright Protection

The IP Law Blog

The plaintiff owns copyright registrations for its Second Holy Temple Product and its photograph of its Second Holy Temple Product (the “Copyright Registrations”). Under the Copyright Act of 1976, a copyright registration creates a rebuttable presumption that the copyright is valid.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law. publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name. Copyright Act of 1909. Lengthy copyright terms have been regularly debated.

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Canada Threatens to Delay Copyright Term Extension in Response to U.S. Electronic Vehicle Tax Credit Plan

Michael Geist

The potential copyright changes involved one key, costly change: the extension in the term of copyright protection from the current international standard of life of the author plus 50 years to life of the author plus 70 years. The post Canada Threatens to Delay Copyright Term Extension in Response to U.S.

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5 Things the Media Should Have Reported About Hawley’s Copyright Bill

Copyright Lately

That’s why the 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” didn’t enter the public domain until 2021. But Hawley’s bill has nothing to do with forcing that 1928 short film into the public domain. It wasn’t a Disney work. Neither is 1948’s The Babe Ruth Story. The problem is that under U.S.

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