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The puzzled tie of copyright, cultural heritage and public domain in Italian law: is the Vitruvian Man taking on unbalanced proportions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Opposing the claimants’ arguments, Ravensburger challenged the cross-border application of Italian law, alleging that the claims conflict with article 14 of Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive since they attempt to unlawfully impose property assertions on public domain works. 633/1941, l.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The volume is a beautiful testimony to the work of late Shamnad Basheer, who co-edited the first edition.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Consistent with the Copyright Office’s guidance in the Compendium, Third Edition, there is often “creative input or intervention from a human author” at multiple steps in the process. Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e.,

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Copyright Licensing in Podcasting: A Legal Guide for Creators

Intepat

Key Copyright Licensing Areas in Podcasting Licensing under copyright law allows the copyright owner to grant the right to use their work without transferring ownership. Additionally, take advantage of public domain resources to use free, unrestricted materials whenever possible. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

version of the book credited Scott-Giles for the maps and diagrams he specially drew for the edition, but didn’t contain a copyright notice. The 1949 English-language publication of Dante’s “Inferno” was first published in the U.K. on November 16, 1949. without a copyright notice. It argues that when the U.S.

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Book review: Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage

The IPKat

This is a review of Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage , edited by Irini Stamatoudi , Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Heritage Law at the University of Nicosia. The edited collection does this through 29 chapters from an impressive list of contributors: Leila A.