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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Friday, 12 September 2014

The CopyKat - reform is in the air ......

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But will there be reform in Australia? The Australian Finacial Review reports that Google and Facebook are fighting back against what t...

Thursday, 17 July 2014

The CopyKat - tantalising titbits of global copyright news

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Holmes and Watson A federal judge has refused to stay a Seventh Circuit decision affirming that most of the Sherlock Holmes stories ha...

Friday, 13 June 2014

The CopyKat - Friday's furballs of fun

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The Australian internet service provider iiNET, which has long resisted federal efforts to mandate copyright protection schemes, and which ...

Friday, 14 March 2014

ISPs and content owners square up in Oz iiNet battle

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ZDNet carries a very readable review of some pithy comments made by Music Rights Australia's General Manager Vanessa Hutley, who was s...

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Friday, 20 April 2012

iinet comes down on the side of ISPs

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Australia's High Court -- the nation's highest -- has given a clear ruling that internet service providers are not liable for aut...

Monday, 28 February 2011

iinet avoid infringement liability in Oz

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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has lost its appeal against Australian ISP iiNet. In the absence of specific legis...

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