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Intersection of Copyright and Moral Rights: Protecting Creators’ Integrity

Intepat

In the realm of intellectual property, copyright and moral rights play pivotal roles in safeguarding the interests of creators. While copyright primarily focuses on the economic rights associated with creative works, moral rights emphasize the personal and reputational interests of the creators.

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My Concerns with the ‘Can’t Be Evil’ NFT Licenses

Plagiarism Today

Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. Understanding the “Can’t Be Evil” Licenses.

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

IPilogue

The copyright issues that exist in this situation include: unauthorized streaming, unauthorized use of Hamilton content, unauthorized alterations to Hamilton content, and an infringement of an artist’s “moral right” to their copyrighted work. .

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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

Plagiarism Today

The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that. In short, the group wrongly assumed that purchasing the book granted them the rights in the book itself.

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Can authors waive their right of attribution?

The IPKat

Economic rights have been harmonised throughout the EU to a significant extent. Moral rights, however, have not (yet). While it appears to be easier to waive moral rights in common law countries, the continental European tradition is more focused on protecting the author’s personality rights, which encompass moral rights.

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Saving the printed press – the Croatian implementation of Article 15 of the DSM Directive

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Furthermore, it introduces an accompanying new moral right of attribution for the first source of the ‘news of the day’. Works of authorship are protected through economic and moral rights afforded to the copyright holder. Nevertheless, a more precise characterisation is that this is a new related right.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement.