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, 19 September 2012

Why the Meltwater case won't break the internet

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The following piece is a guest post by Simon Clark (Head of Intellectual Property, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP) in which he outlines his vie...
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Cameron wins Avatar copyright case

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Following on for my post on The Godfather , and whether it is possible to protect a film character by copyright, this week a federal judge i...

The 1709 Blog's Christian Grey poll results

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Michael blushes as he is told that copyright enthusiasts love him  Following last week's  post  on potential moral rights concerns...
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Monday, 17 September 2012

Linking to infringing material is an infringement of copyright in the Netherlands

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The great debate continues: is it an infringement of copyright to link to third party content? And does it matter whether that content is ...
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Saturday, 15 September 2012

Innocence of the act is no defence

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It seems that a 40-year-old Frenchman who was summoned to court in France under the French anti piracy ‘HADOPI’ three strikes legislation ...
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Friday, 14 September 2012

EU directive on orphan works on its way to adoption

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The proposal for a   directive  on certain permitted uses of orphan works, which was published last year by the Commission, is marchin...

TF1 v. Video Sharing Platforms - Round 2

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Yesterday, the Paris High Court (Tribunal de Grande Instance) handed down its long awaited decision in TF1's case against DailyMot...

Those DMX music licences: some clarification of the issues

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Following the recent post concerning DMX's music licensing activities by Deep Larynx and the response from DMX's Lorne Abony, the 17...
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