in propria persona
  • About
    • The Blog
    • My Privacy Policy
  • Topics
    • history
    • technology
    • law
    • —
    • government
    • education
    • business
    • search and seizure
    • intellectual property
    • constitution
    • copyright
  • Archives
  • Contact
    • Contact Me
    • The Author
    • About the Author  →
    • My Google+  →
    • Intrigue & Musings  →
    • Consulting
    • Consult with Me  →
    • Nelson Consulting  →
  • Follow
    • RSS Feed
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Google+

Statute of Anne

A quick history of the changing lengths of copyright protection

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

Since its codification in Britain in 1710, the length of copyright protection has continued to be extended, from an initial 14 years to today’s 70-120 or more years.

copyright   government   history   law

The Statute of Anne: "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning"

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

300 years ago Saturday, the Statute of Anne created the first modern system of copyright.

business   copyright   culture   history   intellectual property   law   recommendations

Topics

Recent Posts

  • Nineteenth-century America was not a libertarian utopia
  • Underdetermination and the balance between religion and science
  • Objectivity, science, and (a)political action
  • David Noble on “The Religion of Technology”
  • Four planning rules to avoid project disasters

Calendar

May 2012
M T W T F S S
« Apr    
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
ad5d3af27219c410afe9d1f706052c02-325

Tweets

  • Alan Jacobs: The Future of Scholarship: Easier, Harder, and With More Charlatans - The Atlantic bit.ly/K0qgU5 - 1 hour ago
  • Does the constitution protect anonymity? | Internet Cases j.mp/MugMzH - 4 hours ago
  • Five lesser-known -- but great -- WordPress plugins. #ipparchive bit.ly/KAC24Z - 1 day ago
  • EXACTLY! -- Love the Teaching, Hate the Grading, and Other Institutional Paradoxes | Inside Higher Ed: bit.ly/Lf2Zgx - 2 days ago
  • Changing technology, changing expectations of privacy. #ipparchive bit.ly/JLuzEH - 2 days ago

Popular Posts

  • Reusable Example Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
  • 10 Alternative Legal Research Sites
  • Smallpox inoculation and quarantine in colonial America
  • You do not get an “A for effort” with copyright

Sponsors

  • thermal coal mining

Links of Interest

  • auto insurance

Copyright © 2005 – 2012 by Kristopher Nelson. Want to republish? Get permission. Want to quote? That's fair use. Questions? Read about the blog and the privacy policy.
Powered by WordPress & Roots (Twitter Bootstrap & HTML5 Boilerplate). Design inspired by Solarized & Readability.