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, 28 October 2013

Easing manufactured goods back into full artistic copyright: call for evidence

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"Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's back to full- blooded artistic copyright we go!" The British Government wants your help: the UK ...

Do you LOVE originality? Then this contest is for YOU!

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Wish to receive a copy of this book? Are you obsessed with the originality requirement?  Has recent case law of the C...
Wednesday, 23 October 2013

The CopyKat - copyright and the internet: are we Poles apart?

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The Polish Filmmakers’ Association (SFP) has won a "significant" legal victory against UPC Polska, the country’s leading cable o...
Monday, 21 October 2013

Shukran Allah: when it pays to get there first

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B4U Network (Europe) Ltd v Performing Right Society Ltd is a decision last week from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) for England and Wa...
Saturday, 19 October 2013

Bryson claim puts free speech in focus

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Who owns the words in an interview? In the absence of an agreement (which of course are more and more common with with celebrity intervi...
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Thursday, 17 October 2013

"Underneath the mango tree ...": when cartoons improve reality

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This blogger was just ten years old in 1962 when Dr No hit the silver screen and changed the world of movie fact and fantasy forever. Wh...
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Its a show Jimi, but not as we know it

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The CopyKat spotted an interesting article in  London's Evening Standard  highlighting a planned new tourist attraction in London'...

The CopyKat

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BroadbandTVnews.com reports that Telecom operators in Russia are arguing that they do not need to pay royalties to collection societies: ...
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