The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It focuses on authorship of the copyright in stage plays as dramatic works, texts that can be performed from a script (rather than musical theatre, dance, or performers rights). Who receives the credit and the licensing rights? And who poses moral rights in the work?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. Even restaurants, bars and lounges play music to entertain guests, either through hiring DJs or by playing music through sound systems. The defendant no 1 i.e, The defendant no 1 i.e,

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Copyright is a legal right that grants creators exclusive control over their original works of authorship. This includes various forms of creativity such as literary works, musical compositions, paintings, sculptures, software, and even films. Musical Works : Compositions, songs, and music scores.

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SpicyIP

MAY 1, 2023

Licensing of training datasets The licensing of datasets – for the concerned rights under Sec. The problem is how do you license all the copyrighted images/information available on the web? However, not taking licenses for other kinds of uses such as training of ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, Github Copilot, etc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. Even restaurants, bars and lounges play music to entertain guests, either through hiring DJs or by playing music through sound systems. The defendant no 1 i.e, The defendant no 1 i.e,

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Section 18(1), 3 rd proviso states that the right to receive royalties cannot be waived or assigned or licensed except to legal heirs or copyright society for distribution and collection. There is no discrimination as to who utilises the work, whether it be a music label or any TV channel. 14, 1957 (India). [2]

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Firstly, Originality, Section13 of the said act, to claim ownership over work (literally, musical, dramatic) created by AI, originality in work is an essential component, that can be detected by originality tests. Also, Moral rights of the creator is given in under Section 57 of the said act, are not relevant to the Artificial Intelligence.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 15, 2023

Dua Lipa and Warner Music are being sued by talk box inventor and singer, Bosko Kante, for breach of contract and copyright infringement in hit song 'Levitating'. Instead, the issues are what rights subsisted in Kante's work, whether the Defendants were entitled to use them in the Levitating Remixes and, if so, under what terms.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Copyright protects works like literary, computer programs, plays, music and paintings. Generally, the author of a copyright work has the right to reproduce, publish, perform, communicate and adapt his work. These rights enable a copyright owner to control the commercial exploitation of his work. only the right to reproduce).

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

Copyright is the legal and exclusive right of the owner of some creative work, be it in an artistic, literary, musical, or educational form. The copyright owner or holder has the right to control who uses his creative work and the contexts in which the said work could be used. Copyright License. Final Thoughts.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

Image from here Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors By Surabhi Katare In a major development, Calcutta High Court’s passed a landmark judgement on May 17, 2024, in safeguarding the copyrights of authors of music and literary work used in sound recordings.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Topics include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes. More information about this event here.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

This post is brought to you by Oprah Nwobike , who is a lawyer and doctoral researcher at Brunel University London focusing on copyright and artificial intelligence in the music industry, under the supervision of IPKat's Dr Hayleigh Bosher. AI companies take music created by humans and generate ‘new’ AI music based on what has been trained.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

COPYRIGHTS: Term copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights provided to the creator/owner of original works of authorship, which includes literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, cinematographic films, and sound recordings. Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. Cinematograph films. Sound recordings”.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

Disputes over the rights to the script and music used in the movie have arisen between producers and other contributors such as scriptwriters and musical composers. [2] Music compositions are also given their unique copyright protection. Music compositions are also given their unique copyright protection.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This will potentially impact the copyright licensing landscape insofar as filmmakers will have to enter into dedicated agreements to claim protection for works not listed within the scope of Section 17. Microsoft Technology Licensing v. the licensee. The judgement was authored by Justice C. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) v.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The compliance with the basic principles of originality, durability, and authenticity would only provide protection of copyright to the works in terms of literary, artistic, musical, dramatic, cinematographic and sound recordings and even computer software.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

If you see fair use as a statutory license to use the old work under conditions that justify the use, then some of those conditions are about use of copy. That should constrain use and licensing of the works if market separation into strata by value matters. Licensed for use in magazines and don’t care; still fair use.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Unfortunately, in cases like Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria Limited (MCSN) v. emphasis added to highlight the differences] On the face of it, indeed both the former and current “assignment and licenses” provisions appear to merely speak to the fact that copyright can be transferred as you would a movable property.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Notably, Monsanto’s matter had several layers including the State Governments seeking to regulate IP licensing fees, and the Indian seed companies who previously licensed technology from Monsanto, refusing to pay royalties to Monsanto. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The performer is abetted with the right to claim damages in case his performance is distorted, mutilated, or modified in a manner prejudicial to his reputation. Performers right provided under the Copyright Act encompasses special rights, exclusive rights, and moral rights. Cinematographic films; 3.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

1 Another key right is the creation of derivative works, which includes adaptations or translations. 3 This action would violate the right to translate, which is a specific aspect of the broader right to create derivative works. An amendment to the copyright statute is only one of them. 17 U.S.C. § ↩︎ See id. ↩︎ See Jane C. .

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SpicyIP

JULY 11, 2021

He evaluates the various applicable laws to argue that a thesis is a ‘public document’, the right to access which is available to the public as a matter of public interest, as well as through fair use under Section 52 of Copyright Act and also the RTI Act. Other Posts. Bombay High Court in Aman Chhabra and Ors v.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Of course, unless waived by the artist, the moral rights associated with the artistic work remain with the artist. Moral rights ensure the integrity of the work, and, when reasonable, the artist’s right to association with their work by name or pseudonym. What about copyright infringement?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2024

This decision underscores the critical importance of voice as an integral part of a one’s persona, while also highlighting the impact that voice synthesis and cloning technologies have on the publicity and personality rights regime. However, the court did not address this aspect at this stage. [It Meanwhile, the U.S.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whilst this reflects the fact that copyright is transferable through assignment and licenses, it could also make copyright subject to fundamental human rights and potential compulsory acquisition. The book also discusses the real-life issues experienced by authors facing moral rights dilemmas.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

The third defendant was licensed to produce and market the disputed foods and spices under its own name and at its own expense, paying a fixed fee to the plaintiff for each individual product sold. The plaintiff claimed that he alone decided the composition of these products and that this was known to the third defendant. Emphasis added.)

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

Nevertheless, the list of protectable subject matter was amended too to expressly include works of artistic blacksmithing as an example of works of applied art, fonts as an example of works of fine art, light and music shows, circus shows, theatrical productions and landscape creations. No moral rights apply to CGOs.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Lucius Klobucnik calls for a harmonized approach to the categorization of rights in Europe to streamline online music licensing, comparing EU and US perspectives. Anett Pogácsás examines the divergent legal approaches to copyright waivers, discussing how to mitigate the lack of uniformity.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This holds especially true for provisions that have an impact on moral rights or artists’ freedom to create, such as rules that limit the grant of rights concerning future music. An additional hurdle arises in view of the complexity of the copyright licensing chain. by Alexander Puutio. €

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Other rules may limit contract transfers, sub-licensing or excessive contract duration, or prohibit other contract terms and trade practices deemed unfair (see e.g. It is thus highly unlikely to have a palpable impact on the substantive position of artists. by Alexander Puutio. €

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

The court understood that what the author meant to do was to give the publisher an implied license to use/distribute work; given the risk of forfeiture, they had to frame these facts as an issue of assignment. million cowritten songs, 63% of musical groups treat lesser contributors equally. Zvi Rosen: Wheaton v.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

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.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Spotify subsequently disabled the shuffle button on all albums accessed through the music streaming platform. Also, is there a connection between this story and a possible infringement of the author's moral rights? Adele commented, " We make our albums with so much care and consideration for a reason. If so, to what extent?

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