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, 6 July 2010

Tuesday shorts

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If you've nothing better to do tomorrow and you find yourself in Central London, why not pop in to Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, at 5...
Friday, 2 July 2010

Money for old tracks: a reader asks

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One of our readers has written to ask the 1709 Bloggies if they have any advice or experience that they can bring to bear on this little pro...
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Copyright risk management: survey findings

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Via a news release from the Copyright Clearance Center ( CCC ) comes the result of a just-released, two-phase FreePint survey of information...
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Sunday, 27 June 2010

Sen and the Art of Licence Termination

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Here's something interesting from New York lawyer Shourin Sen : US copyright legislation gives authors and enumerated family members th...
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Friday, 25 June 2010

Privilege, Property ... and perhaps a Xmas present

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There's a new copyright book just coming out -- Privilege and Property. Essays on the History of Copyright , edited by Ronan Deazley, Ma...
Thursday, 24 June 2010

YouTube wins Viacom copyright suit

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As widely reported this morning, yesterday US District Judge Louis L Stanton granted summary judgement to YouTube in the long-running copyri...

Infringement stats in Azerbaijan: bad news, or good?

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"Majority of Azerbaijan Press Violate Copyrights" is the title of a news item in the latest issue of PETOSEVIC News. For those w...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Parody: a new title

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The web page says this book isn't published yet (it isn't officially out till August), but I spotted a copy on the table in the rec...
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