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.

Monday, 7 March 2011

When the Royals Wed, it's time for the Peasants to Make Merrie ...

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If you're planning a party in the United Kingdom, you may be thinking of holding it between 22 April and 6 May 2011 (inclusive), the da...
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Friday, 4 March 2011

Unfinished Business in Hungary!

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I am writing this blog from my hotel room at the ultra posh and culturally stimulated Kempinski Corvinus hotel in Budapest, currently celebr...
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Monday, 28 February 2011

iinet avoid infringement liability in Oz

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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has lost its appeal against Australian ISP iiNet. In the absence of specific legis...
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Who owns your voicemails? Phone-hacking Steve Coogan and Andy Gray

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News of the World and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire are alleged to have intercepted the mobile-phone voicemails of football commentat...
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Saturday, 26 February 2011

A Copyright Battle of Epic Proportions?

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A Japanese company, Sotsu Co. , is assessing whether Floraland , a Chinese amusement park has infringed copyrights it manages by displayin...
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Friday, 25 February 2011

Be a copyright activist!

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In a speech today WIPO Director General Francis Gurry set out his vision for the future of copyright: History shows that it is an impossibl...
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Parasites in the FileSoup

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The CPS decided yesterday not to continue with the prosecution of George Cartledge and Stephen Lanning, who had been charged with conspiracy...
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Thursday, 24 February 2011

Australian ISP iiNet off the hook

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The Federal Court of Australia today dismissed an appeal in Roadshow Films Pty Limited v iiNet Limited [2011] FCAFC 23, so finding the ISP ...
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