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, 16 July 2014

Orphan works in the UK: a caring home at last?

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Fun is guaranteed when you know everything about 'diligent search' ... Issues surrounding orphan works are not only important,...
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Court cautious to imply exclusive copyright licence into business contract

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Orvec International Ltd v Linfoots Ltd [2014] EWHC 1970 (IPEC)  is an 18 June 2014 ruling of Judge Hacon in the Intellectual Property Ente...
Monday, 14 July 2014

ALCS: tough times if you want to live off your writing

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The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society ( ALCS ) in the United Kingdom commissioned a survey on authors' earnings (by Queen ...
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Thursday, 10 July 2014

The CopyKat - waving a goodbye paw for Mike, the GRD, Aereo's old business model, and the World Cup.

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Mike Weatherley MP Mike Weatherley MP, who has been particularly vocal on music business and intellectual property issues in his time ...
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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Deckmyn, Suske en Wiske: the Advocate General's Opinion

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Here's a guest post from Denise Verdoold (Banning, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands), whose combination of legal expertise and lin...
Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Are closed systems of exceptions and limitations outdated? Here are IPKat poll results

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How would this Jeremy vote? On the wave of sexy felon  Jeremy Meeks 's photographic (and photogenic) success and subsequent hypoth...
Friday, 4 July 2014

When is copyright infringement unacceptable but condoned? When there are implied contract terms

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Bristol Groundschool Ltd v Intelligent Data Capture Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 2145 (Ch) , a 2 July 2014 decision of the Chancery Division,...
Thursday, 3 July 2014

The CopyKat - JCSI points to potential the illegality of a new UK copyright exception

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The Shanghai Daily reports that the license of 'value-added' telecom service run by the Chinese video sharing site QVOD has been ...
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