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, 24 March 2017

Cable retransmission within reception area copyright free?!

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A few days ago the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued yet another judgment on the right of communication to the public...
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017

R.I.P. Conceptual Separability Test

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The US Supreme Court held on March 22, 2017 that a feature incorporated into the design of a useful article is eligible for copyright prot...

Interested in EU copyright and wish to discuss it in Florence? Here's the event for you

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Copyright + Florence = ♥ As previously reported on The IPKat, there is an event that is taking place next month and will be of interes...
Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Wish to discuss GS Media and linking?

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Well, who could possibly reply 'no' to such a question?!? If you are in London in the evening of Tuesday, 28 March, then you may...
Friday, 17 March 2017

THE COPYKAT

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Hello to Robo Lawyer - created to make hyperlinking easy - and the website describes Robo as follows: "​I am Robo Lawyer programmed t...
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Sports Photographer: Don’t Mess with My Copyright

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Photographer Rogelio Albert Pena was at the right place at the right time on May 16, 2016, when baseball player Rougned Odor, playing fo...
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Lawyers, artists to speak on seminal verdict of 'Blurred Lines' case

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Screenshot from "Blurred Lines" music video featuring Robin Thicke, T.I. and Pharell Williams On March 23, Silicon Flatirons...
Wednesday, 15 March 2017

French Government Adopts Long-Awaited Decree Compensating ISPs for HADOPI-relatedTasks

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Last Thursday (March 9, 2017) the French government finally adopted the long-awaited decree setting out the method of calculation for comp...
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