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1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books.
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Circuit attempting to preserve an appearance of copyrights legitimacy in the post-human era. As an aside, this policy has been reflected in the 2023 Registration Guidance , the 2025 Report on copyrightability of AI-generated works, and in several registration decisions.
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