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.

Showing posts with label First Amendment. Show all posts

Showing posts with label First Amendment. Show all posts

Friday, 7 August 2015

Is a California City Using Copyright to Prevent Resident From Posting Videos Criticizing Mayor and Council Members?

As recently reported , the city of Inglewood in California filed last March a copyright infringement suit in the Central District of Cal...

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Right of Publicity and Freedom of Speech Clash in Manhattan

This New York Appellate Division case is not a copyright case, but it may nevertheless be of interest to the readers of this blog, as it af...

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Freedom of Speech Baby!

This is my first post on this blog, and I would like to dedicate it to the memories of the people who lost their lives yesterday in the ter...

Thursday, 19 January 2012

US Supreme Court says public domain works can return to copyright

Yesterday the US Supreme Court, in its 6-2 decision in Golan et al v Holder, Attorney General, et al , held that §514 of the Uruguay ...

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