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

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On August 5 and 6 , The Door, a church in McAllen, Texas live-streamed their production of Hamilton with modified lyrics to reference Jesus and added a scene where Alexander Hamilton repents. An interesting argument Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lawyers can make is to claim Lin-Manuel’s moral rights claim to his 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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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

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With reference to the monetization through the YouTube video, the court stated that such humorous renditions, are not merely entertainment but also a source of livelihood for various content creators especially the youth. In India, personality rights are not formally recognised. Shroff’s powerful demeanor. Rajagopal v.

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An IP-Centric Approach towards AI Regulation in India- Part II

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Licensing of training datasets The licensing of datasets – for the concerned rights under Sec. Some have argued in favour of fair use, at least in the US context. It has been contended that use of databases should generally be allowed for training, whether the contents of such database are copyrighted or not.

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Spanish Court finds that virtual exhibition of NFTs based on paintings is "harmless use"

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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.

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Synthetic Singers and Voice Theft: BomHC protects Arijit Singh’s Personality Rights [PART II]

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While for the time being the BomHC has ordered various entities to remove content that violates Singh’s personality rights, the larger matter of the personality and moral rights of the singer being infringed remains unresolved, with the case scheduled for September 2.

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IPSC Breakout 5 Comparative Approaches

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Cesar Ramirez-Montes, Digital User Rights in the Mexican Supreme Court Potential for global South to think of exceptions/limitations as user rights, using Mexico as a point of reference. Different reasons for divergence: author’s rights/©; civil/common law; developed/developing. Group one: fair use.