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In music news…
It seems that copyright-related controversy has unexpectedly reared its ugly head on the current tour of resurrected Madchester popsters, the Stone Roses. Photographers are boycotting events because...
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Brand on the run
NOT the Olympic logo If you haven’t been living in some kind of hermetically-sealed monastic retreat for the last twelve months you will have you noticed that there’s something going on in East London....
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Space odyssey
Credit: NASA/Courtesy of nasaimages.org When the three astronauts from the Apollo 15 lunar mission visited City University in 1971 they presented the Chancellor with a framed signed photo of their moon...
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What is copyright?
The CLA have posted some interesting videos on their YouTube page. They’ve interviewed various people and asked them to say what copyright means for them. There are a few different points of view: a...
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Patisserie update!
Insert your own “copyright / “piece of cake” caption here I’ve come across some interesting copyright-related Twitter accounts lately: @copyrightgirl, @copyrightlaws* and the CLA’s own...
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An Indian university has set up its own photocopying shop to supply its students with cheap copies of textbooks. Publishers don’t like it and are taking them to court. Whose side are you on?
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Helicopter crash photos – who owns them?
Mobile phone “reporters” in Egypt The tragic helicopter crash in South London last week was yet another example of the important part which social media now plays in news reporting. The point at which...
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Art surgery
The irony that Banksy’s anti-establishment art commands huge prices isn’t lost on him. One of the best places to look for copyright-free images is the Creative Commons site. (It’s a copyright mantra I...
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Could copyright crash your birthday party?
Did you know that copyright in the song “Happy Birthday to You” belongs to the Warner/Chappell publishing house? Well that’s what they claim. They say they bought it in 1988 for a cost of $25 million....
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Reform school
I would be failing in my duty as a copyright librarian if I didn’t mention the fact that there are important changes afoot in copyright law. There are important changes afoot in copyright law! Part of...
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