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3 Count: Sealed with a Kiss

Plagiarism Today

2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. Finally today, The Associated Press reports that, with the new year, several prominent works are lapsing into the public domain including the Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises and A.A. Milne’s book Winnie the Pooh.

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Michelangelo’s David and cultural heritage images. The Italian pseudo-intellectual property and the end of public domain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

107-108 of the Legislative Decree 42/2004 , Cultural Heritage Code “Codice dei Beni Culturali” (the public law on the regulation of cultural heritage) and, by analogy, art. In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art. The Tribunale di Firenze applied the Italian law: art.

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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

which refer to a person’s rights to name and image. It also ordered the company to pay 1.500 euros for each day of delay in the execution of the judicial order, as well as the publication of the decision on a large scale. Setting aside the private international law aspects, the case deserves examination on two main grounds.

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Can I Claim Publishing for Public Domain Song?

Dear Rich IP Blog

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). Because public domain songs are not protected by copyright (they are free to the public) no one can claim ownership of these compositions.

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Disney ‘Cracks Down’ on Mickey Mouse ‘Steamboat Silly’ Pirates

TorrentFreak

public domain would spark headlines worldwide. Free Mickey On January 1, many people celebrated the public domain event by uploading “Steamboat Willie” to YouTube and elsewhere. The episode is littered with easter eggs including references to the 1929 The Skeleton Dance and Dumbo’s debut in 1941.

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YouTubers Lose Brains Over Night of The Living Dead Copyright Claims

TorrentFreak

The company’s failure to file for a new copyright after the movie ditched its original title ‘Night of the Flesh Eaters’ was the reason that Night of the Living Dead (NOLD) was quickly pushed into the public domain. NOLD inspired a whole genre of horror that has gained momentum with age. Night of the Copyright Claim.

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Mickey Mouse headed to the public domain but what can you do with it?

JD Supra Law

Walt Disney incorporated in 1923 and first aired a video of Mickey Mouse (which I shall refer to as Mickey Mouse 1.0) Mickey Mouse is one of the most prolific cartoon characters of all time. in the short cartoon "Steamboat Willie" a movie about 7 minutes long. The movie was copyrighted in 1928.