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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.

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Picasso and Potato Chips

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Le Tricorne (detail) In the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel on East 57th Street in New York, hangs a mural. Anyone who has visited the h...
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Golden Eye and similar episodes: any further news?

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Both this weblog ( here ) and the IPKat ( here and here ) have previously posted items on the Golden Eye saga, where an attempt was made...
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Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Authors Alliance Launch

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If there are any 1709 readers in the San Francisco Bay Area today, I highly recommend attending the launch of the Authors Alliance. Au...
Monday, 19 May 2014

CopyCamp calls for speakers

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The International CopyCamp Conference 2014, subtitled "Understanding the Social Impacts of Copyright", is being hosted by the Mo...
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Friday, 16 May 2014

The CopyKat - net neutral, not neutered - that's what we want

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The Wall Street Journal reports that the chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to revise rules proposed last mo...
Tuesday, 13 May 2014

ISPs and content industries close to voluntary three strike scheme in the UK

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Four of the UK’s leading internet service providers are in talks with the content industries about establishing a “Voluntary Copyright Ale...

Recent Copyright Articles

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Guy A. Rub, Rebalancing Copyright Exhaustion , Emory Law Journal (forthcoming, 2015) In 2013, in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley...
Monday, 12 May 2014

UPDATE: New French Report on Tools to Combat Commercial Online Piracy

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Here is a link to the full report (in French): Link to Report
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