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.

Friday, 12 June 2015

Australia's Copyright Amendment Bill moves forward

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The new Australian copyright amendment bill, The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) 2015 bill , has been approved by the Australian S...
Thursday, 11 June 2015

The CopyKat

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An artist has won almost $1.35 million damages  in a lawsuit over a sculpture commemorating workers who were paid $5 per day to risk their ...
Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Talking Copyright: Is There A Case For Copyright Term Reduction? June 19, 6-9pm

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Recently the Green Party proposed reducing copyright term to 14 years after death, to encourage creativity through a more regularly refres...
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Tuesday, 9 June 2015

US Re-Enters the Orphan Works Debate

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The US Copyright Office (USCO) has recently returned to the subject of orphan works with a study outlining its analysis and proposals, a p...
Monday, 8 June 2015

Questions from Coimbra as yet another reference is made to the CJEU

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From Axel Paul Ringelhann comes news of another copyright-related reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminar...
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Friday, 5 June 2015

Not a Bog Standard Copyright Case

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Thursday 30th April 2015 was a pleasant, sunny day and so not a bad one to sit in the IPEC Small Claims court, listening to a battle bet...

The CopyKat

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Azerbaijan’s Copyright Agency has issued a statement saying Armenians have been stealing the Azerbaijani peoples’ musical compositions, fo...
Thursday, 4 June 2015

Reha Training and GS Media: a call for comments

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Apologies for a spot of double posting, but this is a slightly slimmed down version of a post that appeared on the IPKat weblog earlier toda...
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