Tag: copyright ownership

by M. Bijman May 15, 2020

Going off the rails – Too many alterations in the TV version of “Altered Carbon”

In my review of Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon, I wrote that season 1 of the TV version of the bookContinue Reading

The header for this and other posts contain images from both original and fan fiction/sequels by other authors. In this case, Tintin and Snowy (left) come from Rodier’s version, the Little Prince (adapted, centre) comes from the original by De Saint-Exupéry, and the Young Prince (right) comes from A.G. Roemmers’ version. All three images have been used under the terms of “fair use”: “In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and ‘transformative’ purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work.” (Rich Stim, Stanford University Libraries). The main image, of Paris, France, is by M.F. O’Brien, used with permission.

by M. Bijman January 16, 2017

Backstories Current events Discussion of current events

The tricky business of fan fiction versus copyright, Part 1 of 4

The Era of the Reboot and Sequel Whenever an author adds a new book on to a successful novel orContinue Reading

_{The contents of this website is published under the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42) and the subsequent amendment of the Act, the Canadian Copyright Modernization Act (Copyright Modernization Act, S.C. 2012, c. 20, Assented to 2012-06-29).
— Section 29 of S.C.2012, states that: "Fair dealing for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright."
— Also: "The use of, or the authorization to disseminate, the new work or other subject-matter is done solely for non-commercial purposes; (b) the source — and, if given in the source, the name of the author, performer, maker or broadcaster — of the existing work or other subject-matter or copy of it are mentioned, if it is reasonable in the circumstances to do so."
— R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, section 29.1 states that: "Fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review does not infringe copyright" if the originator and source are fully referenced.
— R.S.C. 1997, c. 24, s. 18, states that: "Fair dealing for the purpose of news reporting does not infringe copyright" is the originator and source are fully referenced.
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