The 1709 Blog

In 1709 (or was it 1710?) the Statute of Anne created the first purpose-built copyright law. This blog, founded just 300 short and unextended years later, is dedicated to all things copyright, warts and all.

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Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Rights owners call for a halt to EU Copyright reforms - but the creative sector disagrees

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Rights holders from across the European Union, including the recorded music sector, music publishing, television and sport have called for...

Monday, 28 January 2019

THE COPYKAT

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The planned and now revised and re-revised EU copyright law reforms have been repeatedly criticised for bringing in new laws that will ...

Friday, 26 October 2018

Excluding Designs (and Shape Marks) - Where is the CJEU going?

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Professor Uma Suthersanen (Queen Mary University of London) is giving a lecture at the City Law School on the 27th November, exploring th...

Thursday, 4 October 2018

UK Copyright if there’s no Brexit deal

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The UK's Department for Business, Energy& Industrial Strategy has now published it's long awaited paper which offers guidance on...

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

THE COPYKAT

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This CopyKat from Mateusz Rachubka Increased Royalty Payments for Songwriters in the US The US Copyright Royalty Board decided t...

Thursday, 11 January 2018

THE COPYKAT

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Copyright - Where are we now? What is on the Horizon? At the start of this year this CopyKat looks to bring together various pieces of new...

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