📰 In 2013, the estate of Marvin Gaye sued Robin Thicke, T.I. and Pharrell Williams, claiming that their hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed Marvin Gaye’s 1977, “Got to Give It Up”, as well as from Funkadelic’s, “Sexy Ways”. Although proven to have no similarities between the songs
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©️ Copyright in 🎵music or pop culture although not commonly disputed in 🇲🇾 Malaysia. In countries like the US and South Korea, they are highly disputed matters and had proved to be a very lucrative business to the copyright owners as well as intellectual property firm. Do you know in the
It is important to take note that not every country offers the same years of protection on copyright.
🇲🇾 In Malaysia for example, copyright protection only lasts for the life of the author plus another 50 years. Whereas, in countries like Singapore, the US and the EU, the produced works are subjected
🔍 Fun facts – 🤔 Do you know you can almost never find videos or photos of Eiffel Tower at night 🌃 on stock sites?
📑 This is because Eiffel Tower is copyrighted when the lights on the tower are lit at night. The lights were installed in 1985 and were considered an artistic work. So, next
©️ Copyright and LMDA– In Malaysia🇲🇾, copyright protection is provided under the Copyright Act 1987. However, unlike other intellectual property, there is no specific system of registration for copyright in Malaysia. Once creations like L-Literary Work, M-Musical Work, D-Dramatic Work and
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