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
Chris and Jane (copyrightliteracy.org) talk to upcoming Icepops keynote Monica Westin about her journey from library school, through to Google, Manchester Metropolitan University and now to Cambridge University Press. We discuss how big tech companies deal with copyright takedown requests, what the legal and ethnical implications of new technologies are on finding and accessing information and finally what her favourite cake is.
With thanks to Aiden Clark for his editing support on this episode.
Monica's blog: https://www.monicawestin.com/
Monica will be our keynote at Icepops 2025: https://copyrightliteracy.org/2025/07/17/icepops-2025-draft-programme-now-available/
California Digital Library: https://cdlib.org/
Google Scholar co-founder Anurag Acharya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurag_Acharya
DMCA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
Google transparency reports: https://transparencyreport.google.com/?hl=en_GB
Project Lumen: https://cyber.harvard.edu/research/lumen
Internet Archive Scholar: https://scholar.archive.org/
Mark Graham: https://blog.archive.org/author/mark/
Copyright heroes
Alyce Scott: https://ischool.sjsu.edu/post/alyce-scott
Katie Fortney https://cdlib.org/contact/staff_directory/katie-fortney-staff-profile/ and Rachael Samberg: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/help/staff-directory/rachael-samberg
TorrentFreak: https://torrentfreak.com/
Creative Commons team: https://creativecommons.org/mission/team/
Google Scholar co-founder Anurag Acharya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurag_Acharya
Louise Koch at MMU
Cake
NYT Plum Torte recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3783-original-plum-torte or: https://coleycooks.com/plum-torte/
20th Century Cafe Honey Cake: https://www.thebutterlab.com/blog/honeycake
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