SpicyIP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The crux of this debate is the argument that if the theft of restricted digital content is for the purpose of knowledge and research, it should be considered as an act done under ‘fair use’ and ‘fair dealing’ of the content. Digital Rights Management & Fair Use If everything is so well designed, then where is the issue?

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

After all, while we are pondering the weighty issue of future ownership, we are not focusing on the fundamental issue of wholesale copying of works to train AI in a wide variety of situations. I speculated that this was an attempt to avoid a messy fair use dispute. is being used as code.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What if the social media account is used to promote the account owner’s own goods or services, or a third party’s brand? Copyright Law grants the author the exclusive rights to exploit the work, subject to certain fair use defenses. Copyright Act is the primary section that grants rights to visual artists.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Without further ado, here’s what I found in the Januarys: Virtual World, Gaming, and IPs: Sifting through January pages, a decade-old post by Deepshikha Malhotra caught my attention, discussing Property Rights in the Virtual World. The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” Unsettled; hard to say Cord & family intentionally or even negligently sat on their rights. Did Twain make fair use? If a household worker had listened to Twain tell a story and published it, would we think it was fair use?

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