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

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On August 5 and 6 , The Door, a church in McAllen, Texas live-streamed their production of Hamilton with modified lyrics to reference Jesus and added a scene where Alexander Hamilton repents. An interesting argument Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lawyers can make is to claim Lin-Manuel’s moral rights claim to his copyrighted work.

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Permissibility Of A Waiver Of Moral Rights Of An Author Under The Copyright Regime

IP and Legal Filings

Section 57 of the Copyright Act of 1957 covers authors’ special rights particularly, highlighting the importance of expanding such rights beyond solely economic grounds. As a result, the lifetime of these rights varies greatly between countries. Waiver of moral right of the author permissible?

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Copyright Regulation for Pseudonymous, Anonymous, and Related Creative Works in India

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Orphan Works Orphan works refer to works for which the copyright holder is unknown or untraceable. This situation creates significant challenges for users who wish to access or utilize such works, as they cannot seek permission from an unidentifiable rights holder. Recent Case Law on Pseudonymous and Anonymous Works S.

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Publicity rights in the AI era: Key takeaways from artist Arijit Singh’s recent legal Victory in India

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The court ordered the following actions: (1) to take down, remove, delete, block access to, or suspend all infringing content that had been uploaded ; (2) to suspend the domain names arijitsingh.com and arijitsingh.in ; and (3) to delete all references to the plaintiff’s name, image, voice, personality traits, etc., in existing videos.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Accordingly, assuming the ownership is conceded to AI, making such a transfer would be troublesome Fourthly, under Section 57, author has Moral rights, incorporates right to paternity and right to integrity. internet source) [link] [link] [link] [1] Rupendra Kashyap vs Jiwan Publishing House Pvt Ltd.(1996)

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Non-fungible Tokens: Commercializing Exclusive Digital Art- A Companion Piece

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If we refer to the computer serial number example, just because you own one version of a computer does not mean you own the patent for the underlying software in the computer. Of course, unless waived by the artist, the moral rights associated with the artistic work remain with the artist. What about copyright infringement?

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Inclusion of a lamp in a photograph: French court sheds light on incidental inclusion

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This passage appears to be a non-explicit reference to CJEU case law on the absence of originality resulting from technical constraints or considerations that leave no room for creative freedom [ IPKat on Cofemel here ]. As a result, the conditions for the application of the exception were not met.