THE TRANSFORMATIVE USE OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT: DISCOVERING THE FINE LINE BETWEEN PERMITTED USE AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FROM A MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE

User-generated content or more commonly known as UGC has revolutionized the digital landscape by allowing individuals to create, share, and engage with various forms of copyrighted content across digital platforms.This paradigm shift in content creation and distribution has introduced new challenges in copyright law concerning the transformative us

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Exploring the relationships between dominance behavioral system, mentalization, theory of mind and assertiveness: analysis in a non-clinical sample

IntroductionThe dominance behavioral system, a fundamental aspect of human behavior, orchestrates the drive for dominance, regulates dominant-subordinate dynamics, and shapes responses to perceived power dynamics.While the existing literature extensively delves into the components of this system, scant attention is paid to its interplay with mental

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Hijrah Celebrity Creating New Religiosities, Branding Economics of Lifestyle in the Age of Muslim Mass Consumption

Much have been found in the research on the piety of the Indonesian Muslim communities in terms of ideology, culture and politics; the phenomenon of hijrah (internal conversion) among celebrities is not only limited to spiritual change but also in everyday of lifestyle economics.This paper examines three subjects of celebrities who write their hijr

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Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya

Surabaya and its surroundings are known for their peculiar dialect, guest check pad holder which does not only exhibit very characteristic phonological and morphological features, but also has a politeness, honorific, and deferential system that has so far remained largely understudied.It is the aim of this paper to shed further light on the sociol

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