Rivera v. Mendez & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2011
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Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 106A
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Parker v. Hurley · Carter v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc. · Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc. v. Büchel
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“[m]oral rights are "rights of a spiritual, non-economic and personal nature that exist independently of an artist's copyright in his or her work and spring from a belief that an artist in the process of creation injects his spirit into the work and that the artist's personality, as well as the integrity of the work, should therefore be protected and preserved." 4”
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