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.

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Out of Step? Are Musicians Unsporting if They Want to be Paid?

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Can it be true that the London Olympics organising Committee is asking musicians to provide their services for free of charge for the forth...
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Tuesday, 17 April 2012

EU copyright at Fordham: a report (part II)

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Having highlighted the position of the Commission as to EU copyright harmonisation ( here ), an assessment of the last twenty years of h...

EU copyright at Fordham: a report (part I)

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This blogger has just come back from New York , where she attended the 20th  Fordham IP Conference , a symposium held every year, when le...

Is it a red letter day for The Pirate Party over Dutch injunction?

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It looks like the principles behind SABAM v Netlog and more importantly SABAM v Scarlet might be tested soner rather than later – and the ...
Monday, 16 April 2012

Evidence-based policy -- or policy-based evidence? An academic responds

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The content of this post is self-explanatory: it is the defence by Professor Martin Kretschmer against criticisms that have been made of his...
Sunday, 15 April 2012

shark hunt gets geeky

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Grooveshark, now facing legal actions from all four major record labels whilst also bringing its own legal action against Digital Music Ne...
Thursday, 12 April 2012

New US Agreement for Digital and Mobile Music Usage

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The RIAA, the National Music Publishers' Association and the Digital Media Association have resolved the Copyright Royalty Board rate pr...
Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Private copying and reprography: a new era or a new ear?

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António Vitorino On 2 April 2012 António Vitorino launched a mediation process for resolving discrepancies arising from private copying ...
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