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Dua Lipa May Be Levitating, But South African Copyright Law Is Pretty Static

We don't get as many opportunities to write on copyright matters as we would like, but we now have a great opportunity to write about a copyright dispute...

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Navigating The Legalities Of Web Scraping In South Africa

Web scraping, the automated process of extracting large amounts of data from websites, has become an indispensable tool for businesses, researchers, and developers.

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Kiss – And Make A Lot Of Money From IP

Faced with the inevitable march of time, when iconic face-painting American rockers concluded their farewell tour at New York's Madison Square Gardens in December 2023...

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Yannick Noah – In, Rather Than On, Court

In the early 1980s, Yannick Noah was one of the best male tennis players in the world. The cool, charismatic Frenchman won one Grand Slam, the 1983 French Open, and he captained both...

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Ed Sheeran Off The "Hook" In Copyright Battle

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Ed Sheeran Two-Steps To Victory In Copyright Dispute Across The Pond

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Adams & Adams

Copyright: Sheeran, Botticelli And Truss

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IP: Threats, Theft And Ignorance

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Selling Your Artwork On Consignment

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Adams & Adams

Copyright Counterclaim Falls Flat – Ed Sheeran Exonerated

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Adams & Adams

Ed Sheeran – Oh Why? (Videos)

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Pop Stars To Face The Music Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

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Adams & Adams

Copyright: High Stakes And Low Stakes

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Trade Marks: Do They Need To Look And Sound The Part?

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Tax Dispute Resolution: Failure To Discharge Onus Of Proof

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SNG Grant Thornton

New Rules For Payment Providers: What You Need To Know About The Draft Directive On Payment Activities

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Is The COFI Bill Finally Kicking In?

South Africa Finance

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Words Have Power: When Unfounded Allegations Sink Reinstatement

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Client Alert: How One Missed Step Sank A Whistle-Blower Dispute

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Copyright, But Not As We Once Knew It

In this article we discuss two unusual copyright issues that IP lawyers would never have had to consider a few years back.

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Copyright In Tattoos | A Prickly Legal Question

Would it ever occur to you that a third party might be able to claim rights in your skin? In the case of art that has been inked into your skin, namely tattoo art, that may well be the case.

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Adams & Adams

The Jerusalema IP Challenge

Hot on the heels of the Jerusalema Dance Challenge that took the world by storm last year, a new challenge is developing for some organizations that uploaded videos...

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Adams & Adams

The US Election: A Vote On IP?

Once again, US President Donald Trump has been accused of using music without consent at election rallies

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TikTok: Now To The Copyright And Political Issues

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Neil Young Kicks Trump To The Curb: No More ‘Devil's Sidewalk'!

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Adams & Adams

Pay Back The Royalties!

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KISCH IP

Bittersweet Symphony IP Dispute Resolved

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Adams & Adams

Copyright: Just A Sample

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David Guetta Accused Of Copyright Infringement

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Adams & Adams

Baby Shark In Dangerous European Waters

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KISCH IP

Graffiti: Does It Leave You With Unclean Hands?

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Music, Politics And The Law

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KISCH IP

Who Says Pop Music Is Dead?

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KISCH IP

Baby Shark In Dangerous European Waters

In 2015, the creators of the YouTube channel, PinkFong, published the Baby Shark music video on its channel. However, it was in 2018 that the song became a global phenomenon, to the extent that it currently has over 2.1 billion views on YouTube.

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Graffiti: Does It Leave You With Unclean Hands?

There was an interesting article in the South African marketing industry publication Bizcommunity about street art.

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Music, Politics And The Law

In September 2014, Eight-Mile Style, the publisher of Eminem's "lose yourself" song filed legal proceedings against New Zealand's National party, claiming copyright infringement of Eminem's Grammy...

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Who Says Pop Music Is Dead?

One of the main drivers behind copyright law is to promote the development of art and culture.

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Exceptions To Infringement Of Literary And Musical Works

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Bredenkamp Attorneys

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