Why Japan’s AI voice ruling produced no TikTok takedown order
A Tokyo court recognized that voices can receive legal protection, while the videos Kenjiro Tsuda challenged had already been deleted.
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Through September 25, three blockbusters took 26.83% of the U.S.–Canada box office
Revenue was well ahead of recent years, but nearly three-quarters came from all other films—and dollar grosses alone cannot show whether attendance recovered.
Continue reading →A Dutch court protected part of Birkenstock’s sandal design—not the whole shoe
The first-instance ruling against Lidl shows how copyright can attach narrowly to creative choices within an everyday, functional product.
Continue reading →Three programme designs for sharing folk traditions across borders
Events scheduled in Portugal, Copenhagen and Luxembourg show how lesson design, venue curation and participation rules can widen access—without proving what audiences learned or traditions retained.
Continue reading →Study finds adults’ chosen task information outperformed random selection
An experiment suggests that useful knowledge accumulates more effectively when adults choose what to pass on, rather than merely sending along information.
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