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, 15 September 2014

Scottish referendum: not an issue for publishers?

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"North of a Border? Writers and the Scottish Referendum" is a feature article in the latest issue of the Authors' Lending and ...
Friday, 12 September 2014

The CopyKat - reform is in the air ......

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But will there be reform in Australia? The Australian Finacial Review reports that Google and Facebook are fighting back against what t...
Thursday, 11 September 2014

Canvassing Opinion: a guest post on Art & Allposters

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One of the most fascinating copyright references to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in recent times is Case  C-419/13   Ar...
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Enabling access to the media: a new title

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Enabling Access to the Media for All is a new title from the Council of Europe's European Audiovisual Observatory. According to its p...

CJEU waves the stick at Ulmer, allows non-consensual digitisation

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The Court of Justice of the European Union has now given judgment in Case C-117/13 Technische Universität Darmstadt v Eugen Ulmer KG. As is...
Wednesday, 10 September 2014

New EU Commission, new home for copyright

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This morning President-Elect Juncker of the EU Commission announced the portfolios which will be held by members of the incoming EU Commis...
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Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Not too late for Kuwait: Berne at last!

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The World Intellectual Property organization (WIPO) has just broken the news, via Berne Notification No. 268 : Berne Convention for the Pr...
Thursday, 4 September 2014

The CopyKat - Bently blocked in bizarre bite sized ball battle

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Research from the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) claims that web-blocking in the UK is proving a substantial deterrent to on...
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