Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend an illuminating presentation on ‘Copyright & Collaboration in Works of Theatre’ by Dr. Luke McDonagh. The audience, comprised of a theatre…
Tag: Moral Rights
DMCA Used to Enforce Moral Rights in Video Games
In the United States, moral rights are protected at the federal level through section 106A of the U.S. Copyright Code.[1] The provision provides for the right of attribution and the…
This is Why You Have an Editor: Politics, Plagiarism, and Copyright
The inescapable world of U.S. politics, especially in an election year, consistently offers much legal debate. Somewhat less often, politicians and their entourages accidentally wade into the domain of intellectual…
A Moral Right to Graffiti?
A group of high-profile New York aerosol artists is attempting to invoke a seldom-used US statutory provision to prevent the destruction of a collection of buildings containing its works of…
Copyright as a Tool for Censorship?
Brandon Evenson is a 2010 JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Over the last two months, Professor Jim Gibson from the University of Richmond School of Law, has written…
A Stroke of Genius or Copyright Infringement? Mashups, Copyright, and Moral Rights in Canada
Graham Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a member of Dalhousie Law School’s Law and Technology Institute and…