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, 12 February 2013

Online piracy, Content ID and the role of intermediaries: is this the right direction?

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A few days ago the Wall Street Journal - this serious blogger's favourite and  only  (well, sort of) publication in her spare time ...
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Sunday, 10 February 2013

Russia withdraws Berne reservation

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WIPO-watchers and copyright nerds will already have spotted Berne Notification No. 258 : Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and...
Thursday, 7 February 2013

Court of Appeal takes a punt on database rights

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Time flies and the flow of significant copyright cases continues at a pace that makes it hard for even the best-organised of blogging team...
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The final (?) installment in the Newzbin saga

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© HikingArtist.com Everyone will be aware of the courts' decisions in Newzbin and Newzbin 2 . By way of short summary, Newzbin was a...

Welsh music dispute heads to Tribunal

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Three weeks ago we reported that German song collection society GEMA was taking YouTube to the arbitration board of the German Patent and...
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Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Is Universal Publishing’s exit from collective licensing a step backwards for music industry ‘one stop’ aspirations?

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The one question I always get asked by young entrepreneurs setting out to create legitimate digital offerings in the digital music space...
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Japan launches Operation Decoy File

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This diagram was released by the Ministry to explain Operation Decoy File Rocket News 24 , a Japanese entertainment site, has reported ...
Monday, 4 February 2013

Hargreaves questions limits for private copying

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Whilst we are focussing on levies in the European sphere, I noticed an interesting interview with Ian Hargreaves who authored the May 2011...
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