How Hard Is It to File a Copyright Lawsuit in China?
According to one Chinese IP expert, very difficult. Seems the “size” of China has much to do with it. Does that make sense?
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The Constitution’s framers had it right. Soviet-style repression is not necessary to diminish authors’ output and influence. Just devalue their copyrights.
I’ve gotten a few e-mails asking I haven’t commented on Scott Turow’s op-ed article last weekend for the NY Times. I was. I just hadn’t gotten around to it. Turow’s comments speak for themselves, and they’re pretty much…
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Judge: Public Right To Access Unpublished Works Trumps Moral Rights Of Artist
This is very troubling. An Argentine court has ruled that a deceased author has only “a right of integrity (forbidding any modification of the work without consent of the author) and the right of paternity (to acknowledge…
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Public Sculpture, Art or Nuisance?
The city of Santa Barbara is struggling with that question. Seems the sculpture attracts what some citizens referred to as “travelers” or “young urban vagabonds.” I don’t know, but without further information, it…
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Disney Accused of Copying Artist’s Painting
And another one dealing with the public domain. Here, the real question is, did Disney copy any copyrightable elements? Check out Techdirt’s argument, which makes sense, up to a point. The presumption is that the artist’s…
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Disney Lawyers Viewing the New Oz Film With a Microscope
Well, maybe not a microscope exactly, but they are viewing the film quite closely, and looking for possible copyright infringements. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Frank Baum, is in the public domain because its copyright…
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