Thursday, 29 October 2009

Copyright - the UK IPO's way ahead

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Yesterday, the UK IPO and BIS announced their strategy for Copyright in the digital age. The full paper is here - it explains that it dra...

The clash between copyright holders and personal data

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The International Journal of Law and Information Technology ( IJLIT ), a three-times-a-year journal from Oxford University Press which is g...
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Joseph Smith and the Copyright Revelation

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1709 Blog reader Arnold Thomas writes to ask whether it would have been possible for early Mormon leader Joseph Smith, an American citizen, ...
Friday, 23 October 2009

Copyright and A2K: a useful list

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The abbreviation A2K is one with which not everyone is familiar: it stands for Access to Knowledge. In this context the 1709 Blog has just ...
Thursday, 22 October 2009

God and Mammon are in the Detail

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How refreshing to see the UK's PRS humbly admitting its mistake after it had demanded a licence fee from a singing shop assistant! He...

Are these the Top Ten Plagiarisms?

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Thank you, Amber Johnson, for sending the 1709 Blog this link to the "Top 10 Plagiarism Scandals of All Time". The list opens wit...
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Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Better a live dealer than a dead artist

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A press release from the United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office today, "UK extends the derogation on Artists Resale Right f...
Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Simpler Music Licensing in Sight?

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Yesterday, European Commissioner Neelie Kroes hosted a round table (although judging from the photo on the Commission website, right, it was...
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