Seven speakers talk through the history of copyright

All I want to say about the “Copyright History and Prospects” is “What a mammoth session!” Seven very interesting and distinquished speakers managed to span (at least some of) the breadth of the history of copyright. And who thought a session on copyright history could be interesting? Of course, a blog entry that simply said “What a mammoth session!” wouldn’t be very interesting. So here is my summation of the session: Ben Atkinson Piggy-backing on the ideas outlined in his book The True History of Copyright: The Australian Experience 1905 – 2005, Ben started his discussion at 1905, a period when everything seemed possible, “it was a golden moment and you see this in the way parliament operated.” He talked about the short but…