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, 14 August 2013

Now we're on Twitter!

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The 1709 Blog now has its own Twitter account at @1709Blog . Do sign up to follow us: apart from keeping you better informed, it also gi...
Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Hot Topics in IP - an October date for your diary

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This conference takes place on Central London on Tuesday 22nd October and carries 6 CPD hours. As the Hargreaves Report and the Jackson r...

No summary judgment where copyright claim is mixed up in more knotty issues

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Sorry about the delay in posting this note: Devonshire Pine Ltd v Day has been at the back of my mind for a while, but I keep getting dis...
Saturday, 10 August 2013

Fair use? Australian content owners say NO

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As if by magic, and no doubt having spied the 1709 Blog and IPKat's new 'fair use' poll (see the sidebar), the Australian copy...
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Friday, 9 August 2013

The CopyKat - transformed, trans-Pacific, topped up but not transferred

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The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has filed a copyright infringement suit in the US against Fullscreen Inc., a Multi-Channe...
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Tuesday, 6 August 2013

The CopyKat - Konverting to Kopimism?

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With Russia’s new anti-piracy law just a few days old, new opposition will be voiced in a particularly unconventional manner it seems: Int...

Turtles probe the murky soup of pre-1972 US copyright law

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The Turtles The Turtles are leading a $100 million lawsuit against SiriusXM, arguing that the satellite broadcasting company has infri...
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Sunday, 4 August 2013

The CopyKat: Kiwis, eagles and mockingbirds - all on this Kat's takeaway menu.

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Viacom has asked for a new judge it its now seven year battle with YouTube saying in papers filed to the appellate court (Second Circuit)...
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