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, 16 October 2012

Extension of eDate Principles to Performers' Neighbouring Rights

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          Marion Cotillard during the Paris premiere of Public Enemies at the cinema UGC Normandie                                      ...
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MySpace founder's website wanes lyrical

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Original lyrics to A Day In The Life  by  Lennon & McCartney A group of US music publishers led by Warner Chappell, Bug Music and Pe...
Monday, 15 October 2012

Is dancing baby takedown notice an abuse of the DCMA?

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Tomorrow the Federal Court of California will be asked to decide whether a takedown notice issued by Universal Music in respect of a home vi...
Friday, 12 October 2012

Vanuatu, Malaysia go to ©

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The Cruel © ...? If you are one of those people who never miss a chance to get excited over the latest additions to the global family ...

IFPI welcome Russian ruling

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IFPI, the organisation representing the international recorded music industry worldwide, has welcomed the latest in a series of rulings by...
Thursday, 11 October 2012

The Authors Guild Inc. v HathiTrust: library digitisation project held to be fair use

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A matter of days after the Google Books case between Google and Association of American Publishers settled, comes the decision of the Distri...
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Disney sued for rights to comic book heroes

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The Avengers: the fastest film to gross $1 billion Spider Man, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, The ...
Monday, 8 October 2012

EMI v ReDigi: US digital music resale hearing begins

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On Friday the district court in Manhattan, New York, heard opening arguments by EMI that ReDigi's resale of second-hand MP3s infringes...
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