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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Copyright Infringement"”.
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Copyright infringement in Zambia versus sustainable development
… the relationship that exists between effective copyright protection and sustainable development. To achieve this, the essay looks at selected provisions of the Copyright and Performance Rights Act, chapter 406 of the Laws of Zambia that bring out an understanding of copyright generally. The …
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Investigating musical copyright infringement: Examining International Understandings of Musical Copyright Infringement for Potential Adaptation into South African Copyright Law
… international approaches to musical work copyright infringement law for the purpose of establishing an approach that can be utilised effectively under the South African copyright infringement framework. In doing so, the importance of the various interactive elements of musical works is …
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From Economic Analysis of Tort Law to Contributory Copyright Infringement and the Substantial Non-infringing Uses
… to address the issues surrounding contributory copyright infringement and the Sony doctrine. Its primary objective is to establish a coherent framework for contributory copyright liability. Deeming someone contributorily liable involves two distinct levels of assessment. The first level entails …
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Examining copyright infringement and liability in Generative Artificial Intelligence training and use: a legal perspective in South Africa and beyond
… the generation of works by genAI trained using copyrighted works amount to copyright infringement. It is the duty of this dissertation to examine whether the South African copyright regime would deem it an infringement to make use of copyrighted works for training genAI. In addition, this …
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How can emerging technology remedy the deficiency in robust enforcement mechanisms for digital copyright infringement within the South African music industry?
… in robust enforcement mechanisms for digital copyright infringement within the South African music industry, which constant technology developments have worsened. The emergence of technology has been a dual-edged sword for the music industry. While it empowers musicians to reach vast …
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A framework using the internal and external perspectives and its application to online copyright infringement: an analysis of copying and communication to the public.
… the human element in the discussion of online copyright infringement. There are three key instances in which the capacity of a human mind intersects with the development of copyright law. The first is the development of the copyright statutory law, the second is the interpretation of the …
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Streaming Unauthorised Copyrighted Content: Copyright Liability of Streaming Platforms and Streaming Box Distributors. A Comparative EU-US-SA Perspective
This thesis examines the liability for copyright infringement of streaming platforms and streaming box distributors in the EU, U.S. and in South Africa. As there have been no reported cases in South Africa in which copyright holders have instituted legal proceedings concerning copyright …
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Discursive practices around film and music piracy in selected newspaper articles and radio broadcasts in South Africa
… of civil society are served by stories about copyright infringement and piracy awareness campaigns. This thesis employs critical discourse analysis to show that hegemonic interests are ultimately served by news coverage, made up of selected newspaper articles and radio broadcast over a ten …
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Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives
This thesis examines video games, copyright law and gamers' attitudes to copyright infringement, with particular reference to South Africa. The work provides an overview of the debates about copyright law and digital media, and offers an analysis of attitudes expressed by South African gamers about …
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Affects of AI in the Arts
… works without consent, raising concerns about copyright infringement, intellectual property theft, and the loss of artistic value. While AI was originally intended as a tool for innovation, it now threatens artists’ careers and profits by imitating human creativity. This issue highlights the …
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A BitTorrent Proxy
… ban BitTorrent usage due to concerns over copyright infringement and the amount of bandwidth that peers can consume. A BitTorrent proxy will allow organizations to control those risks and allow its members to use the BitTorrent protocol for approved uses. It will allow the organization to …
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Performing the paradoxes of intellectual property.: A practice-led investigation into the increasingly conflicting relationship between copyright and art.
… that was conducted as a response to an act of copyright-related censorship.<br/>The hypothesis of this study is that art practices based on the use and re-working of pre-produced and copyrighted material bring into effect the paradoxes of intellectual property. Where creation and innovation …
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Music Piracy and Its Criminalization: Understanding the Napster Era (1999) to Present Through Donald Black's Theory of Moral Time
… broke news headlines around the world when copyright infringement lawsuits were filed against the company. Ever since then internet music piracy has been a very controversial topic and a target for criminalization efforts. In the field of criminology there have been few attempts to apply …
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A legal and economic analysis of non-fungible tokens on the art market
… It examines the challenges of applying existing copyright laws, such as the right of first sale and fair use doctrines, to the novel context of NFTs, highlighting the need for enhanced regulatory practices within NFT marketplaces. Proposals include the development of reverse image search …
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Intermediary liability: evaluating the liability sections of section 53 (7) and (8) of Namibia's draft copyright and related rights bill 2021
… public to access information easier, including copyrighted work. This however led to right to right holders targeting intermediaries for copyright infringement instead identifying and suing every individual user of internet intermediaries. In order to reduce the liability risks for …
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Knowledge of copyright issues and strategies used in solving copyright queries among academic librarians in Kenya
Intellectual property and copyright in particular has become highly regulated through laws and treaties. In spite of stronger copyright mechanisms being put in place in Kenya over the years, copyright infringement has persisted and the library community looks to the librarian for guidance. How well …
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Liability for Disseminating in the Digital Age: Copyright Law and Hyperlinking on the World Wide Web
… hyperlinks may also be utilised to enable copyright infringement.2 Copyright protected works may be disseminated on the internet without the authorisation of the copyright owner using hyperlinks. Accordingly, effective legal rules are necessary to not only safeguards the rights of copyright …
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Digital copyright law: exploring the changing interface between copyright and regulation in the digital environment
… and clarify the changing interface between copyright law and other forms of regulation in the digital environment, in the context of recorded music. This is in order to explain the problems that rightsholders have had in tackling the issue of unauthorised copyright infringement facilitated …
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Copyright and film: the impact of style
… and literary works, one specifically looks to copyright law. As it currently stands, however, the concept of film ‘style' does not at all factor into the operation of copyright law in South Africa nor does it play a significant role in other jurisdictions – the reason for which will be …
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