The Birth of Copyright

The Birth of Copyright

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Retrospectors Quiz of the Year 2025

How much have YOU learned from this year’s show? It’s time for our annual trivia test, as Arion and Rebecca face Olly’s fiendishly difficult questions for 2025. And, for the first time, this year you can PLAY ALONG! Just click the link here 👇 https://forms.gle/ytZpWTei392F7YvCA ...  Afficher plus

When Cliff Ruled Christmas 🕊️🍷

Mistletoe and Wine became the UK’s Christmas Number One on 18th December, 1988; the first of three singles Cliff Richard would take to the top of the festive charts. What makes its triumph so curious is that the song began life as a sardonic showtune written in 1976 for a small m ...  Afficher plus

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Copyright
In Our Time

In 1710, the British Parliament passed a piece of legislation entitled An Act for the Encouragement of Learning. It became known as the Statute of Anne, and it was the world’s first copyright law. Copyright protects and regulates a piece of work - whether that's a book, a paintin ...  Afficher plus

Is copyright going wrong?
The Bottom Line

Copyright law has been around since 1710. Back then it only applied to books. Now, it covers music, sport, film, television, video games, anything really. It was also much easier to enforce in the days when people couldn't reproduce things all the time. That all started to change ...  Afficher plus

From King Richard to Bob Marley: One Love - working with Studios with writer & director Reinaldo Marcus Green
The Filmmakers Podcast

On today’s special Friday episode, Dom Lenoir sat down with writer & director Reinaldo Marcus Green, the man behind films and TV shows such as Amend: The Fight for America (2021), King Richard (2021) and We Own This City (2022) to chat about his latest feature film: Bob Marley: O ...  Afficher plus

723 The Moral Rights of Authors (with Mira T Sundara Rajan) | My Last Book with Radha Vatsal
The History of Literature

As technology advances, the ability of authors and artists to prevent their works from being pirated or misused has become urgent. In this episode, Jacke talks to copyright expert Mira T. Sundara Rajan (The Moral Rights of Authors and Artists: From the Birth of Copyright to the A ...  Afficher plus