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.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Harmonization spreads westwards

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You thought Europe consisted of 27 member states. It looks like we may soon be joined by another... Canada and the EU have been negotiating ...
Monday, 29 March 2010

Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin

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Mr Justice Kitchen has today handed down a significant judgment in Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin , holding that the Usenet indexing site N...
Friday, 26 March 2010

Crown copyright and protection for the crown

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The March 2010 issue of Informa Law's Copyright World has now been published. It contains, among other things, a review by Navin Katyal ...
Thursday, 25 March 2010

Viacom v Google - the gloves are off

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Things have been a bit quiet in the Google vs Viacom legal spat, the $1 billion lawsuit which accuses Google of profiting from thousands of ...

Does Music Matter?

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Music Matters “a collective of people across the music industry, including artists, retailers, songwriters, labels and managers” has formed ...

EU Internal Market IP Agenda for 2010/11

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Hot off the press at Europolitics today, is a report on Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier 's agenda for IP initiatives. In s...

How to be a good host: lessons from AdWords

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Tuesday’s ECJ judgment in the three Google France cases isn’t just important for trade mark law. It’s news for copyright too as it addresse...
Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Harmonizing European Copyright Law

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Harmonizing European Copyright Law: The Challenges of Better Lawmaking , by the talented team of Mireille van Eechoud, P. Bernt Hugenholtz, ...
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