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Articles on Copyright law
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Africa needs to take advantage of a copyright law to protect and explore its unique local products.
The Senate has just announced an inquiry into the use of the Aboriginal flag. Unlike other flags, it is still protected by copyright.
Would you photograph paintings in an art gallery to make a set of postcards? If this scenario give you an ethical twinge, you should feel the same when photographing street art.
Fewer books will be available to South Africans, and the books remaining under copyright will be more expensive, if the country gives in to US pressure to extend its copyright term.
The defacing of a new Banksy mural in Bristol has raised some interesting legal questions.
Libraries, archives, museums and galleries have finally been included in South Africa's contested new proposed copyright bill.
New regulations on the use of folklore are a hindrance to local artists.
South Africa's new Copyright Amendment Bill could help the country take an important step in tackling its own “book famine”.
The US pop singer has been ordered to pay a Hip Hop artist for copyright infringement. But the judgment lowers the bar on musical copying.
As the flag's copyright owner, Luritja artist Harold Thomas has the right to grant licences to whomever he pleases. Asking the government to buy back his copyright licence could be seen as an appropriation of Aboriginal property rights.
A trademark law scholar explains why the impossible-to-apply standard, dating back to the early 20th century, is ineffective and needs to be abolished.
You can't teach an algorithm to recognise when something is funny.
A judgment by the European court has extended copyright to all literary and artistic creations, but cheese is still not protected.
South Africa's copyright law must not continue ignoring the principles of fair use.
The relief that the U.S. didn’t make things even worse for Canada in the new NAFTA should be tempered by the realization that the moment of reckoning hasn’t passed; it’s only been postponed.
Individual creators get too small a share of copyright's rewards. What Bryan Adams is proposing in Canada could also work in Australia to help authors get paid and keep works available to the public.
It's worth noting some key points about copyright and ownership before signing up to social media sites like Instagram.
'Cyberlocker' illegal streaming sites are in a constant cat-and-mouse struggle with law enforcement.
A new copyright reform law has many up in arms – they want you to do something about it before it comes up for a vote.
Top contributors
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Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University London
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Internet Law, University of Glasgow
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Computer science, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Copyright and Open Access Advisor, Massey University
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Dean, University of New Hampshire
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ARC Future Fellow; Associate Professor; Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Commericial Law, University of Auckland
