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Striking the Right Chord: How the New MoU and Proposed Standard Agreement Aim to Give Screenwriters, Lyricists, and Composers Their Due Credit

SpicyIP

A Unified Approach for More Bargaining Power The MoU is signed between the SWA and MCAI and concerns the rights of music composers and lyricists. Additionally, SWA is also taking forward the quest to have a standardised agreement for screenwriters, which is presently being negotiated with film and television production houses.

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Your Song, Your Rights: Understanding Copyright in the Music Industry

Intepat

The Right to Publicly Perform : This ensures that creators have control over public performances of their work, whether live performances, broadcasts (radio or television), or streaming.

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Man Arrested for Sharing Copyright Infringing Nude Scenes Through Reddit

TorrentFreak

Police Arrest 39-Year-Old Man The complaints caught the attention of Rights Alliance , which reported the issue to the police on behalf of the Danish Actors’ Association and the respective rightsholders. Rights Alliance also called on Reddit to take the matter seriously.

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Copyright case: El Hormiguero Case, Spain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the case at hand there was a conflict due to the use of a work of art in the famous Spanish television programme “El Hormiguero” without the corresponding authorisation of the author. The work was used in a humorous section of the programme in the context of the apartment of a dirty and untidy person.

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The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The exclusive right of performers to make their works available to the public becomes the cornerstone of BTAP as the first international text to establish this provision in the digital environment (encompassing films, videos, television programmes, etc.). Key aspects of the Beijing treaty.

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Music Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The plaintiff extended his business and earned revenue by licensing the copyrighted works it owned to FM Radio services, television operators, television broadcasters and multi-system operators (MSO). Along with the economic rights granted by copyright, the copyright holder also has moral rights.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The plaintiff extended his business and earned revenue by licensing the copyrighted works it owned to FM Radio services, television operators, television broadcasters and multi-system operators (MSO). Besides the economic rights provided by copyright, there are moral rights also provided to the copyright holder.