Tag: Copyright
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NFTs and Copyright Law: Where do we stand?
While in the last few years the technological market was taken over by cryptocurrency and blockchains, this year started with NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). NFTs have managed to create ripples and entered with a bang into the market with sales exceeding $2 billion in only the first quarter of 2021. Although NFTs existed long before, they […]
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Theoretical Underpinnings of Copyright Law – Justifying the Triadic Relationship
INTRODUCTION Copyright law is often understood to mean an exclusive right of the author of intellectual expression over their work be it- literary, artistic, musical or dramatic work – bestowing upon the author the power to control the production, publication and performance of such work. In essence, copyright law is said to regulate private interests […]
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The Sci-Hub case: Lessons for policy and lawmakers
We, humans, love stories; so much so that we built our whole social, cultural, and economic structures around fictional stories. The story of democracy, the story of justice, the story of nation-states, and the list keeps growing. We can’t touch ‘democracy’, we can’t see ‘justice’, yet we chose to believe in them – and our […]
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Equality: The Forgotten Player in the Red Queen Race of Copyright Policy
Introducing the Red Queen: I was told by my teachers to always start with a story, and what’s better than one from my favourite childhood novel? Most of you might have read ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’ by Lewis Carroll; it includes a scene where Alice, in the strange land that’s designed like a giant […]
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Drawing the Line between Originality and Influence with reference to Michael Skidmore V. Led Zeppelin
Introduction Copyright is explained in Section 102 of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the United States Code, where it states that Copyright Protection supports original work of authorship in any tangible form of expression, which is known now or later developed, from which they can be reproduced, perceived or communicated either directly or through […]
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Why Copyright Laws Vary
Whenever you write a song or a story, draw a picture, or create anything else and put it down on paper, build it, or play it, you automatically own the copyright to it, including literary, intellectual, musical, and other forms of art, software, films, photos, and more. The list of what is protected by copyright […]
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