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1557 Queen Mary I hands all printing and bookselling to one guild, the Stationer’s Company

1709 Statute of Queen Anne is first copyright law in the world

1833 Dramatic Copyright Act gives limited performing rights protection in dramatic works

1842 Literary Copyright Act grants authors lifetime property rights in their work and protects stage plays if performed

1887 The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works gives first international protection for works including: novels, short stories, poems, plays, songs, operas, symphonies, musicals, drawings, paintings, sculptures and architectural works

1911 Parliament gives record companies protection on sound recordings for 50 years to reproduce work “by means of mechanical contrivances, such as gramophone records and perforated piano rolls”

1961 Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations gives Europe-wide protection against recorded music piracy

1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act harmonises UK with EU countries, but maintains 50-year sound recordings limit

1998 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is enacted in the US to combat threat of Napster and internet pirates. Criticised for being immediately obsolete

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COUNTDOWN

January 1, 2005
Elvis Presley — That’s All Right, Blue Moon, Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bill Haley and his Comets — Shake, Rattle and Roll, Rock Around The Clock
Ray Charles — I Got a Woman

2006
Chuck Berry — Maybellene
Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley
Fats Domino — Ain’t That a Shame

2007
Little Richard — Tutti Frutti
Elvis — Heartbreak Hotel
Chuck Berry — Roll Over Beethoven
James Brown — Please, Please, Please
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes
Johnny Cash — I Walk The Line
Lonnie Donegan — Rock Island Line

2008
Cliff Richard — Move It
Buddy Holly — That’ll Be The Day
Everly Brothers — Bye Bye Love
Jerry Lee Lewis — Whole Lotta Shakin’
Sam Cooke — You Send Me

2009
Eddie Cochran — Summertime Blues
Dion & The Belmonts — I Wonder Why
Bobby Freeman — Do You Wanna Dance?

2010
Ben E. King — Stand By Me

2013
The Beatles — Love Me Do
Bob Dylan — Blowin’ In The Wind

2014 The Rolling Stones — Come On/I Wanna Be Your Man
The Beach Boys — Surfin’ USA

2016 The Who — My Generation
The Beatles — Yesterday

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