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SpicyIP Tidbit: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry clarifies Current IPR Regime Sufficient for AI Works Protection

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Whether the government plans to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 to update copyright laws to cover AI-generated content. Varsha suggests imposing requirements on developers to ensure AI development respects the exclusive rights of human creators in training datasets, and users should also be obligated to ensure compliance with relevant laws.

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Uffizi museum sues Jean Paul Gaultier over unauthorized reproduction of Botticelli’s Venus on fashion garments

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Not a copyright dispute … and the non-role of Article 14 of the DSM Directive In sum: the CHC provides a way to control for-profit reproductions of Italian cultural heritage, irrespective of their copyright status (it is in any case worth recalling that under Italian copyright law moral rights protection is … perpetual).

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

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The preface reiterates that the purpose of the book is to describe the essential nature of living IP law: "What we want is the reader to come away with a good idea of how IP works in practice." The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information.

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

It accounts for a legal license to authorize the use of a copyrighted work in an irrefutable manner, provided that the usage by the user is in compliance with the law and payment of necessary fees. Right to communicate the work to the public. Laws concerning reproduction for personal use do not apply to musical works.

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Nigeria amends its Copyright Act to ratify outstanding copyright treaties and address other issues

The IPKat

Moral rights transmissible by testamentary disposition: While moral rights are not transmissible during the life of the author, they are transmissible upon the author's death by testamentary disposition or operation of law. See section 14(3). See the definition of “beneficiary person” in section 26(7)(d).

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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

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However, in this aspect, what needs to be duly noted is that staying on top of Copyright Laws , rules, and regulations on a content-rich internet can be challenging. It is because not only the internet but the laws, rules, and regulations are also saturated with exceptions, clauses, and legal jargon.

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[Guest post] What if AI wrote this post? – An inquiry into the impact of AI on the creative industries

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The use of AI technology to generate images or music and other creative works, has legal implications for copyright and related rights of creators and rightsholders. As the creative industry is responsible for 6% of the UK’s GDP, the dialogue is particularly important with regards to the protection of the rights of the creatives.

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