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, 21 May 2012

Pirate Party Plans for Copyright Reform

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In recent weeks, copyright critics and author's rights aficionados in Germany have been waging a war of words in a multitude of open l...
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Sunday, 20 May 2012

ISPs' six strikes enforcement plan delayed

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How disconnection works in practice A couple of months ago this Blog  reported  that the ISPs' six strikes enforcement plan (on whi...

In-cinema filming remains a major piracy problem - but does the UK government care?

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The Cinema Exhibitors Association have said that 90% of illicit film downloads on the internet originate from recordings illicitly made...
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Performers in Africa ask to be paid

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The Ghana Association of Phonographic Industries (GAPI) is considering filing a legal suit against the Government of Ghana because governm...
Friday, 18 May 2012

IFPI welcomes court ruling finding vKontakte liable for copyright infringement

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The IFPI and the global recording industry have welcomed the verdict of the Russian appeal court (17th May 2012) that confirmed social ne...

Deadline for Submissions to HADOPI Consultation on "Exceptions to Copyright and Related Rights" Extended to July 15, 2012

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HADOPI, the French administrative authority tasked with implementing the three-strike graduated response to unauthorized P2P file shar...
Thursday, 17 May 2012

No more UK legislation on Internet Piracy (yet)

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Hunt describes the size of the internet piracy issue in the UK The Guardian reports tonight that the long-awaited Communications Green...

Copyright Tribunal's final decision in Meltwater now available

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As readers of this Blog will remember, last February the  Copyright Tribunal  published its  interim decision  in the fascinating ca...
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