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Long Walk to Copyright Reform (Pt 3): What does/should South Africa want with its copyright exceptions?

The IPKat

However, for purposes of this post, this Kat is particularly interested in the comments made at a workshop hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) on 29 June 2021. The workshop attracted scholars and participants from diverse stakeholder groups. The point of debate is what to do about it.

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IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in India

SpicyIP

It also decided to develop a systematic study of IPRs and recommended networking of institutions in IPR studies and organizing a workshop for developing an IPR curriculum. Then, an 8-day workshop was organized at NLSIU on IP Law & Practice for teachers and researchers from July 22 to 29, 1997. But did it?)

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Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22- 23]

SpicyIP

Course Schedule Day Time (IST) Sessions Topics From To Day 1 9:30 AM 11:00 AM Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights for Entrepreneurs Significance of IPR for entrepreneurs Types of IPR relevant to start-ups 11:10 AM 12:40 PM Patents Patent for entrepreneurs Patent application & prosecution for start-ups 12:40 PM 1:30 PM Lunch 1:30 PM 3:00 (..)

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Call for Submissions: 1st Blog Writing Competition, 2025 Organized by CIPRA in Collaboration with SpicyIP (Submit by February 19, 2025)

SpicyIP

It actively involves students with different workshops, competitions, discussions, and debates. Analysing the impact of Indian copyright law on fair use in academic and critical writing. Evaluating the doctrine of fair use for Indian social media platforms in light of global cases.

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Do I Need a License to Use a Copyrighted Work Even If I’m Only Using It Internally Within My Company?

Velocity of Content

When the model is queried, it consults this repository and uses the stored content to generate a response which can lead to outputs that directly reproduce or closely reflect the original content, further increasing the risk of infringement.

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Artificial Intelligence and IP: A Literature Review

SpicyIP

It suggests that while fair use laws do permit the use of copyrighted material without the owner’s permission, ongoing legal disputes could disrupt this status quo; which brings uncertainty to the future of AI model training.

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A Novel Dataset Measuring Change in Copyright Exceptions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

We wanted a dataset allowing us to compare laws across countries and over time, and we set out to develop one. We held a series of workshops during which we gradually developed a survey that would cover a wide range of copyright exceptions. General Exception, Including Fair use. Personal or Private Uses.