Chris Morrison and Jane Secker (UK Copyright Literacy)
30 episodes
2 months ago
Jane and Chris from copyrightliteracy.org talk to their most distinguished guest to date - copyright legend the Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob.
Robin talks about his journey from physics student at Cambridge through to his life as a barrister and eventually High Court judge. He gives us the inside scoop on the cases he defended and presided over and talks about some of his copyright heroes. And of course he tells us the name of his favourite cake.
This podcast interview was recorded on 15 January 2025. We are extremely grateful to Robin for his time and for his patience while he waited for us to finish this edit.
Robin's copyright heroes:
- William (Bill) Cornish - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cornish
- Hugh Laddie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laddie
- Peter Prescott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Prescott_(barrister)
- Anthony Walton - https://iporalhistory.co.uk/project/walton-anthony/
- Thomas Blanco White - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blanco_White
Some selected cases:
- EMI Music Publishing vs Papathanasiou (Vangelis, Chariots of Fire): https://www.lostinmusic.org/cases/detail/16-emi-music-publishing-vs-papathanasiou-spheric
- Hyperion Records vs Sawkins: https://www.5rb.com/case/hyperion-records-ltd-v-sawkins/
- Interlego AG v Tyco Industries Inc (the Lego case): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlego_AG_v_Tyco_Industries_Inc
- Columbia Graphophone case: https://www.lostinmusic.org/cases/detail/10-frederic-austin-vs-columbia-gramophone-co
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Jane and Chris from copyrightliteracy.org talk to their most distinguished guest to date - copyright legend the Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob.
Robin talks about his journey from physics student at Cambridge through to his life as a barrister and eventually High Court judge. He gives us the inside scoop on the cases he defended and presided over and talks about some of his copyright heroes. And of course he tells us the name of his favourite cake.
This podcast interview was recorded on 15 January 2025. We are extremely grateful to Robin for his time and for his patience while he waited for us to finish this edit.
Robin's copyright heroes:
- William (Bill) Cornish - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cornish
- Hugh Laddie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laddie
- Peter Prescott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Prescott_(barrister)
- Anthony Walton - https://iporalhistory.co.uk/project/walton-anthony/
- Thomas Blanco White - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blanco_White
Some selected cases:
- EMI Music Publishing vs Papathanasiou (Vangelis, Chariots of Fire): https://www.lostinmusic.org/cases/detail/16-emi-music-publishing-vs-papathanasiou-spheric
- Hyperion Records vs Sawkins: https://www.5rb.com/case/hyperion-records-ltd-v-sawkins/
- Interlego AG v Tyco Industries Inc (the Lego case): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlego_AG_v_Tyco_Industries_Inc
- Columbia Graphophone case: https://www.lostinmusic.org/cases/detail/10-frederic-austin-vs-columbia-gramophone-co
Copyright Waffle Episode 24 with Richard Ovenden - Bodley's Librarian
Copyright Waffle
1 hour 6 minutes 40 seconds
2 years ago
Copyright Waffle Episode 24 with Richard Ovenden - Bodley's Librarian
Jane and Chris talk to Richard Ovenden OBE: Bodley's 25th librarian (and Chris's ultimate boss) about leading one of the world's greatest research libraries, his best selling book 'Burning the Books' and the copyright implications of preserving knowledge in the 21st century.
Photo credit: John Cairns
Links to things mentioned in the podcast:
Meet Bodley's Librarian: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/libraries/bodleys-librarian
Burning the Books Radio 4 serialisation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m4pm
Tolkein at the Bodleian: https://tolkien.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
Amazon's Rings of Power: https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Power-Season/dp/B09QH98YG1
Withdrawal of UK proposal to expand scope of text and data mining (TDM): https://www.allenovery.com/en-gb/global/blogs/data-hub/uk-re-considers-proposed-exception-for-text-and-data-mining
UK Web Archive: https://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/
Richard's journey to Bodley's Librarian: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/opening-doors-the-journey-to-bodleys-librarian/
Deal Library, Kent: https://local.kent.gov.uk/kb5/kent/directory/service.page?id=5GDeJlwVtCg
Ian Mowat, Historian and forward thinking librarian: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11953652.ian-mowat-historian-and-forward-thinking-librarian/
Cliff Lynch, director of the Coalition for Networked Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Lynch
The File by Timothy Garton Ash: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-file/
Privacy is Power by Carissa Veliz: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442343/privacy-is-power-by-carissa-veliz/9780552177719
Simon Hopkinson's Saint-emilion au Chocolat: https://racheleats.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/saint-emilion-au-chocolat/
Copyright Waffle
Jane and Chris from copyrightliteracy.org talk to their most distinguished guest to date - copyright legend the Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob.
Robin talks about his journey from physics student at Cambridge through to his life as a barrister and eventually High Court judge. He gives us the inside scoop on the cases he defended and presided over and talks about some of his copyright heroes. And of course he tells us the name of his favourite cake.
This podcast interview was recorded on 15 January 2025. We are extremely grateful to Robin for his time and for his patience while he waited for us to finish this edit.
Robin's copyright heroes:
- William (Bill) Cornish - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cornish
- Hugh Laddie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laddie
- Peter Prescott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Prescott_(barrister)
- Anthony Walton - https://iporalhistory.co.uk/project/walton-anthony/
- Thomas Blanco White - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blanco_White
Some selected cases:
- EMI Music Publishing vs Papathanasiou (Vangelis, Chariots of Fire): https://www.lostinmusic.org/cases/detail/16-emi-music-publishing-vs-papathanasiou-spheric
- Hyperion Records vs Sawkins: https://www.5rb.com/case/hyperion-records-ltd-v-sawkins/
- Interlego AG v Tyco Industries Inc (the Lego case): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlego_AG_v_Tyco_Industries_Inc
- Columbia Graphophone case: https://www.lostinmusic.org/cases/detail/10-frederic-austin-vs-columbia-gramophone-co