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

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2(c), the fair use exemption thereof under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. 52(1)(t); and (ii) if yes, whether the proviso of the same or ‘fixation requirement’ excludes it from the scope of fair use. As a corollary, it also asserted ‘moral rights’ over the mural under Sec.

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Moral Rights in Copyright: Lin-Manuel Miranda sues Texas Church for unauthorized performances of “Hamilton”

IPilogue

Michelle Mao is a 2L student at Osgoode Hall Law School and an IPilogue Writer. The copyright issues that exist in this situation include: unauthorized streaming, unauthorized use of Hamilton content, unauthorized alterations to Hamilton content, and an infringement of an artist’s “moral right” to their copyrighted work. .

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WIPIP: In Memoriam and Fair Use

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A Few Words for a Lost Friend: Tribute to Dmitry Karshtedt (Bob Brauneis, Mark Lemley, Jake Sherkow) Closing Plenary Session: Fair use Robert Brauneis, Copyright Transactions in the Shadow of Fair Use Suppose a work does not infringe another work because and only because it’s been ruled a fair use.

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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Mango, in turn, sustained in its defence that (i) as the rightful owner of the physical Paintings, it was entitled to display them in public, and that (ii) the creation of digital works (i.e. Therefore, the moral right of “disclosure” had already been exhausted. an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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

IP and Legal Filings

The issue of safeguarding personality rights has grown in prominence because of the rising exploitation of various celebrities and renowned individuals. The personality rights in India are generally enforced in the context of Intellectual Property Laws.

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Music Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Section 52 states that educational purposes, research, or criticism are all fair use and do not constitute copyright infringement. If a school organizes a performance on its grounds where pupils will put on a musical performance for their professors and classmates, it will be covered under the provision of fair use of copyright.

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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.