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, 18 November 2013

Copyright lasts a long time -- but are contracts forever?

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From our friend across the border, Gill Grassie (Brodies LLP, Edinburgh), comes news of an extremely recent Scottish decision on an attemp...

Mind your metaphors: how to conceptualise your digital phenomena

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"Metaphors, law and digital phenomena: the Swedish pirate bay court case" is the title of a fascinating article by Stefan Larsso...
Sunday, 17 November 2013

Orphans and legitimacy: a new article

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Our dear friend and colleague Eleonora is of course far too modest to let you know, but she has just had a major article published in the ...
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Saturday, 16 November 2013

Clutching at Straw: counterclaim in Eva Cassidy dispute fails

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Straw & Another v Jennings & Others [2013] EWHC 3290 (Ch) is a vast (369 paragraph) Chancery Division, England and Wales, ruling ...
Friday, 15 November 2013

The CopyKat - and the Ring of Fire

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Google has received over 200 million requests to remove links from its search engine so far this year, up from 50 million in 2012.  In 201...

Old Jersey fit to Berne

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Victor Hugo would be pleased ... By Berne Notification No. 260: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works the ...
Thursday, 14 November 2013

BREAKING NEWS: Google Books Library Project is FAIR USE

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As just announced on the IPKat , Google Books Library Project is FAIR USE. It was just a bit more than a year ago that Google and the...
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More Section 97A Victories

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BPI success in blocking 21 sites and MPA following in their footsteps with a blocking order against 2 streaming sites. Section 97A app...
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