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Can I Claim Publishing for Public Domain Song?

Dear Rich IP Blog

Can I list myself as the publisher? It would be improper to list yourself as the publisher of a public domain song (we assume that by "traditional" you're referring to PD music). You can't list yourself as the publisher. One workaround is to add new lyrics to a public domain melody.

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The puzzled tie of copyright, cultural heritage and public domain in Italian law: is the Vitruvian Man taking on unbalanced proportions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Opposing the claimants’ arguments, Ravensburger challenged the cross-border application of Italian law, alleging that the claims conflict with article 14 of Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive since they attempt to unlawfully impose property assertions on public domain works. 633/1941, l.

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Navigating Book Copyright: Key Insights for Business Owners

Intepat

For business owners, publishers, and sellers, understanding copyright can prevent legal issues and ensure fair use of content. When a book is copyrighted, only the copyright holder—usually the author or publisher—has rights to: Publish and sell the book. Resources like Project Gutenberg host many public domain books.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Firstly, work generated from AI with input, in this case command is given by the human or programmer and get output out of it with the help of their creative and innovative ideas hence the ownership and authorship can be ascribed to the human who has given innovative inputs to the AI. Issues There are many issues in granting ownership to AI.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. the “lion’s share” cases), and we see that the notion of what an “author” even is is highly nuanced.

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[Guest Post] Who owns the copyright to Nigeria’s “new” national anthem?

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding copyright ownership of Nigeria’s re-adopted national anthem. Is the national anthem in the public domain?

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

LexBlog IP

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. The Office has answered that question with a resounding “maybe.” ” U.S.