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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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Monday, 5 December 2016

THE COPYKAT

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This CopyKat from David Liao Duran Duran lose copyright battle: Under US copyright law, songwriters have an inalienable right to call...

Friday, 17 April 2015

The CopyKat - Is Disney skating on thin Ice?

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Back in August last year the CopyKat noted that Disney could be heading to trial over copyright infringement claims involving it's bl...

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Sunday, 15 February 2015

The CopyKat - The Sky's the limit in new football deal

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Sky is paying £10 million per football match in a new deal with the England's Premier League. As the market digested the £4.176bn S...

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...

Thursday, 14 March 2013

Jersey Boys' use of Ed Sullivan clip IS fair use

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A short clip of Ed Sullivan's TV show, used in "J ersey Boys " the smash hit musical about the Four Seasons, has been held to ...

Friday, 10 February 2012

Jersey Boys claim has limited appeal

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Rex Woodard was the co-author of a biography of Four Seasons member Thomas Gaetano DeVito, jointly created with the musician, and...

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