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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Sunday, 25 September 2016

The CopyKat

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A photograph of the Northern Lights sparkling above a village in Belarus (right) has no artistic merit whatsoever according to a recent c...

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Is a Paper Book Sharing App Illegal Under French Law?

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French startup Booxup has created an app allowing its users to borrow hard cover or paperback books from the libraries of other users. It ...

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Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Looking for a festive survey on copyright literacy? Here you go

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Are you a librarian, information professional or someone working in educational, cultural and scientific institutions in the UK? This su...

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Here come some new Exceptions

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As Eleonora reported earlier over on the IPKat , the Government has finally issued an extensive pile of paperwork dealing with its implem...

Thursday, 11 October 2012

The Authors Guild Inc. v HathiTrust: library digitisation project held to be fair use

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A matter of days after the Google Books case between Google and Association of American Publishers settled, comes the decision of the Distri...

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Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Academics v Publishers: Revolution in the air?

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Following George Monbiot's scathing article in the Guardian last month, the subject of academic publishing has been weighed and been fo...

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