‘Evolving concepts of work and sustainability of copyright: the curious case of curated fireworks displays’

“With advancement in technology, artists and creators have been relying on various new and unconventional mediums as modes of expression of creative thoughts and ideas. A prime example of this is the concept of curated fireworks displays. Various pyrotechnicians are involved in specializing in the art of blending fireworks to music, with specific timings, to generate a particularly envisioned spectacle in the sky, sometimes using a firing software and a detonator or sometimes manually. This has previously been argued to involve substantial amount of skill and judgment and hence originality so to constitute a work capable of copyright protection …” (more)

[Akshat Agrawal, The IPKat, 18 September]

First posted 2018-09-18 14:51:39

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