Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The Tribunale di Firenze focuses attention on the provisions governing the concession of use of the cultural property (art. In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art. 14 of the CDSM 2019/790 directive on works of visual art in the public domain.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 27, 2022

The Canadian government plans to extend the term of copyright from the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years to life plus 70 years without mitigation measures that would have reduced the harms and burden of the extension. Freeland has a long history with copyright term and surely understands the costs to Canadians.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 23, 2023

Following CUSMA, the Government of Canada commenced public consultations in early 2021 on the implications of the proposed copyright term extension. The extension brings Canada in line with other jurisdictions , including with many of its major trading partners, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.

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IPilogue

JULY 27, 2022

The Canadian government clarifies the extension’s benefits, stating that “[a] longer general term of protection will increase opportunities for Canadian rights holders to monetize copyright-protected content, thereby encouraging investment in the creation, acquisition and commercialization of such works.” The concerns are loud and clear.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain. The guide is an amazingly thorough overview of copyright, written in a way to be understood by lay people and it includes nearly all of the important information one needs to know in just 10 pages and 4,000 words.

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The IPKat

JULY 17, 2024

Recently, the Nigerian government decided to do away with the country’s national anthem and re-adopt the previous national anthem - the one it used between 1960 and 1978. Questions which this post raises are: Between the government and the author/composer, who owns or profits from the use of this ‘new’ national anthem?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Shadow libraries already clash with the law, but copyright holders want to make sure that governments don’t make exceptions for AI training. A reduced copyright term wouldn’t legalize Anna’s Archive, but it would elevate many more works to the public domain. This leads to the second proposal.

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Corsearch

MARCH 13, 2023

Copyright © Walt Disney Animation Studios A background on copyright protections in the US All works that were published in the US prior to 1923 are now in the public domain, as is any work created by individuals in an official capacity for the federal government.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 13, 2022

As a result, there will be a two decade moratorium on new works entering the public domain, creating an enormous negative impact on access to Canadian culture and history for a generation. To withhold their works from the public domain for decades represents an enormous collective loss to our culture and heritage.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 20, 2024

There are several factors that should be taken into consideration even when using public data: Nature of the Data Publicly available data can include a wide range of information, such as government datasets, publicly shared research data, research published under open access (OA) licenses, and datasets that fall within the public domain.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

AI-Specific Regulations: Some governments are drafting new AI laws to address the ownership and accountability of AI-generated content, recognizing the legal gray areas surrounding AI music creation. Some jurisdictions lack clear laws on whether AI-created songs can be copyrighted or if they belong to the public domain.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Voluntary licensing , governed under Sections 30 and 31, allows the copyright owner to grant exclusive or non-exclusive rights to use the work. Compulsory licensing permits the use of a work without the owners consent, typically when the work is withheld from public access. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Relying on Twin Books Corporation v Walt Disney Company ( Twin Books ), Bundy argued, “a foreign publication of a foreign work, before January 1, 1978, without notice of United States copyright, did not put the foreign work into the public domain in the U.S.”. They brought evidence of U.S. Copyright Act of 1909. The Outcome.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2022

Last week the European Commission published a call for proposals , which also describes in detail what features the government-controlled DNS resolver should offer. The current DNS solutions work fine and adding government-run filtering and blocking tools is dangerous. ” This type of collateral damage is not just hypothetical.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Much like regular websites operated by governments, companies, organizations, and the general public, most internet-based piracy services can be accessed using a domain name. Domain names also play an important role in conveying branding and as a result can be worth considerable sums of money.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As expected, many rightsholders are in favor of far-reaching, government-backed anti-piracy measures. On the other side, tech companies and the public at large warn against the potential negative consequences, including the potential impact on freedom of expression. The Copyright Office is more cautious, however. Tweaking the DMCA.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2022

My previous posts in the series examined the incredible array of authors and political figures that helped shape Canada for decades who will have their works locked out of the public domain. The best approach for the government to address these concerns is the implementation of a registration requirement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

As a result, I hope these remarks spark some discussion and reflection among the advocates for more regulation/”governance” of Generative AI. Materials from my talk: The paper The video The image repository (all in the public domain per prevailing copyright law !)

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A copy of something in the public domain can’t support a copyright unless it contains a distinguishable variation that reflects independent creativity. Headnotes are only useful if they accurately reflect and quote the key holdings of the cases they summarizecases that, as government works, arent copyrightable.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

This brings us to the discussion of their personality rights, which confer upon an individual the exclusive right to govern how their persona is depicted in the public domain, particularly for commercial purposes.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While trade disputes are not particularly noteworthy, the Canadian government response certainly is. The additional 20 years could cost Canadian education millions of dollars and would delay works entering the public domain for an entire generation.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There are other book datasets as well, which are too large to have been created from public domain content. The government previously floated the idea of introducing a copyright exception for text and data mining for AI, but after objections, quickly walked it back.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

The largest is that it locks important research behind a paywall, meaning that other researchers, members of the public and even government agencies may not be able to access the work they need. This approach has been met with a great deal of criticism.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2023

copyright is a form of protection provided by the government to the authors of “original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.” While you may know the basics of copyright, your colleagues and staff may not. What is copyright? In the U.S., Here is a breakdown of where U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Thus, AR can be considered as a tool for boosting cultural heritage exploitation, helping achieve the educational mission of bodies governing cultural heritage, as well as enabling better participation in cultural life. i) Public domain works.

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2022

On the contrary, some scholars, including Osgoode Hall Professor Carys Craig, expressed disdain over CIPO registering AI as an author before the government released the conclusions of their public consultation on a modern copyright framework for AI and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Bill would vest ownership of traditional knowledge with the appropriate government of the territory where it is practiced (a suggestion that has received some criticism ), and then allows for "knowledge societies" to apply to the government to be recognised as custodians of the knowledge. Image from Pixabay.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2024

Federal prosecutors may suffer a setback in a case accusing a magnet manufacturer of sharing sensitive military data with China after accidentally publicizing the same information, but they may have an out under a regulation governing publishing in the public domain.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

Based on how many members of the public could be affected by the purported fraud prosecutions publicized in the media, we now turn to the most important disclosures by GMP with government figures for context. The most recent data published by the Intellectual Property Office estimates that in 2022 alone, 3.9

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Regarding “government works” as specified in Section 2(k)(iii) , which include works which are made or published by or under the direction of control of “any court, tribunal or other judicial authority in India”, the government is the proprietor (first owner) of the copyright. This is also not specified in the Copyright Act.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 29, 2024

Recently on August 13, the Bombay High Court at Goa scrapped the Goa Government’s circular on unauthorised use of sound recordings during weddings. It argued that the government, being an executive body, didn’t have the power to clarify/interpret the law by way of a Circular.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2024

After 20 years, as the house passed into the public domain, you might continue to live there, but its investment or resale value would effectively become zero. Notwithstanding rising real estate values, the ability to reap the benefit of that asset’s appreciation would decrease rapidly for every year the property was owned.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. Article 1360 enumerates situations in which the Russian government can allow use of an invention, utility model, or industrial design without the patent owner’s authorization.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

Patents give the inventor the security and confidence to share their invention in public domains. It enables the Government to develop strategic administrative policies that strengthen the intellectual property sector from time to time. Sense of ownership. Patents as assets. Patents can act as a form of record of all inventions.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2024

According to ACE, when combined these platforms had “thousands of subscribers” and “hundreds of thousands of domain visits annually.” 2m+ Settlement Agreed The closure of these services will be governed by a settlement agreement between ACE and three U.S.-based based IPTV operators.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

and 20th Century-Fox Records argued that, because King had distributed advance copies of the speech to the press without restricting them from reproducing or distributing it further (and without the copyright notice required under copyright law at the time), the speech was in the public domain. The defendants, Mister Maestro, Inc.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 20, 2024

PermaKat Eleonora Rosati will address how IP rights protect fictional characters through several case law examples, aiming to “answer whether, in the end, the only fictional thing is the notion of public domain”. More information here. Retromark: the conference is back! The prize consists of USD 20,000. More information here and here.

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