School of Law

Prof Ronan Deazley

  • Professor of Copyright Law (Law)

telephone: +44(0)1413307164
email: Ronan.Deazley@glasgow.ac.uk


Ronan Deazley joined the School of Law in August 2009, having previously taught at the University of Birmingham and the University of Durham. He graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast, LL.B. (Hons) (1996), before receiving a PhD, also from Queen’s University, in 2000.

His first book, On the Origin of the Right to Copy: Charting the Movement of Copyright Law in Eighteenth Century Britain (1695-1775) (Hart Publishing, 2004) has been variously described as ‘the most authoritative account to date of this important period in the development of the modern law of copyright’ (J. Adams, Intellectual Property Quarterly), and as ‘strongly recommended for all who aspire to an informed understanding of the evolution of copyright law and of the way in which it should continue to evolve’ (W.M.C. Gummow, Australian Law Journal).

His second book, Re-Thinking Copyright: History, Theory, Language (Edward Elgar, 2006 and 2008), has been described as ‘contrarian’, ‘a manifesto’, and one that ‘will surely provoke disagreement from many readers knowledgeable about copyright’ (J. Ginsburg, Columbia University), as well as ‘a must have book for those who care about getting things right’, and ‘a tour de force to be savoured and returned to over and over again’ (W. Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc., New York).

More recently he was the UK national editor for an AHRC-funded digital resource relating to the history of copyright in Italy, France, Germany, the UK and the US: Primary Sources on Copyright 1450-1900. 

Research Interests

His research interests focus primarily upon the history and theory of copyright law, as well as photography and the law.


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Number of items: 61.

2011

Deazley, R., and Sullivan, R. (2011) Copyright, licences, and statutory fraud. Journal of Media Law, 3 (2). pp. 287-303. ISSN 1757-7632 (doi:10.5235/175776311799280782)

Deazley, R. (2011) Review of 'Copyright law and the public interest in the nineteenth century' by Isabella Alexander. Modern Law Review, 74 (3). pp. 499-501. ISSN 0026-7961 (doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.2011.856-7.x)

2010

Deazley, Ronan, Bently, L and Kretschmer , M, eds. (2010) Privilege and Property: Essays on the History of Copyright Law. Open Book Publishing, Cambridge. ISBN 9781906924188

Deazley, R. (2010) The Statute of Anne and the Great Abridgement Swindle. Houston Law Review, 47 (4). pp. 793-818. ISSN 0018-6694

Deazley, Ronan (2010) Breaking the Mould. The Radical Nature of the Fine Arts Copyright Bill 1862. In: Deazley, Ronan, Kretschmer, Martin and Bently, Lionel (eds.) Privilege and Property: Essays on the History of Copyright. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, pp. 289-320. ISBN 9781906924188

Deazley, Ronan (2010) Photography, Copyright and the South Kensington Experiment. In: Derclaye, E. (ed.) Copyright and Cultural Heritage: Preservation and access to works in a digital world. Edward Elgar Press, Cheltenham , pp. 77-110. ISBN 9781849800044

Deazley, Ronan (2010) Photography, Copyright, and the South Kensington Experiment. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 3 . pp. 293-311. ISSN 1364-906X

Deazley, Ronan (2010) Taking Backward the Gowers Review: Copyright and Parody. Modern Law Review, 73 (5). pp. 785-807. ISSN 0026-7961 (doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.2010.00818.x)

Deazley, Ronan (2010) What's New about the Statute of Anne?: or six observations in search of an act. In: Bently, L., Suthersanen, U. and Torremans, P. (eds.) Global Copyright: Three Hundred Years since the Statute of Anne, from 1710 to Cyberspace. Edward Elgar Press, Cheltenham, pp. 26-53. ISBN 978-1848447660

Kretschmer, M., Bently, L., and Deazley, Ronan (2010) The History of Copyright History: Notes From an Emerging Discipline. In: Deazley, Ronan, Kretschmer , Martin and Bently, Lionel (eds.) Privilege and Property: Essays on the History of Copyright. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9781906924188

2009

Smith, SW and Deazley, Ronan, eds. (2009) The Legal, Medical, and Cultural Regulation of the Body: Transformation and Transgression. Series: Medical Law and Ethics . Ashgate, Aldershot. ISBN 978075467736-9

Deazley, Ronan (2009) The Myth of Copyright at Common Law. Intellectual Property Studies . pp. 75-105.

2008

Deazley, R. (2008) Introduction. In: Copinger, W. (ed.) Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art (1870, facsimile edition). Lawbook Exchange, iii-xxiii. ISBN 1584778962

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Literary Property 1762. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org/.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Bach v. Longman (1777). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Beckford v. Hood (1798). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org/.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Burnet v. Chetwood (1721). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org/.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Copyright Act 1814. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Copyright Amendment Act 1842. In: Bently, l. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Defoe's Essay on the Regulation of the Press 1704. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Donaldson v. Becket (1774). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Henrician Proclamation 1538. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Hinton v. Donaldson (1773). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on International Copyright Act 1838. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on International Copyright Act 1844. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on International Copyright Act 1852. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Locke's Second Treatise on Government (1690). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Millar v. Taylor (1769). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Pope v. Curl (1741). In: Bently, L, and Kretschmer, M, (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Publication of Lectures Act 1835. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Stationers' Company v. Carnan (1775). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Tonson v. Collins (1762). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on Warburton's Letter from an Author (1747). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900. http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Booksellers' Bill (1737). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Calico Printers' Act 1787. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Elizabethan Injunctions 1559. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Engravers' Act (1735). In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Humble Remonstrance of the Company of Stationers 1643. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Stationers' Royal Charter 1557. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Statute of Anne 1710. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Commentary on the Statute of Monopolies 1624. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Introduction. In: Lowndes, John J (ed.) An Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright. Lawbook Exchnage, New York, xviii-viii. ISBN 9781584779124

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Introduction. In: Maugham, Robert (ed.) A Treatise on the Laws of Literary Property. Lawbook Exchnage, New York. ISBN 9781584779131

Deazley, Ronan (2008) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900): Britain. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

Deazley, R. (2008) Commentary on Star Chamber Decree 1586. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). http://www.copyrighthistory.org.

2007

Deazley, R (2007) The Life of an Author: Samuel Egerton Brydges and the Copyright Act 1814. Georgia State University Law Review, 23 (4). pp. 809-846. ISSN 8755-6847

Deazley, R. (2007) Copyright's public domain. In: Waelde, C. and MacQueen, H. (eds.) Intellectual Property: The Many Faces of the Public Domain. Edward Elgar, pp. 21-34. ISBN 9781845428747

Deazley, Ronan (2007) Commentary on Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright. In: Bently, L. and Kretschmer, M. (eds.) Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900). UNSPECIFIED.

2006

Deazley, R (2006) Trouble with The Trouble With Ownership. Journal of Legal History, 27 (1). pp. 81-94. ISSN 0144-0365

Deazley, Ronan (2006) Rethinking Copyright: History, Theory, Language. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. ISBN 978-1845422820

2005

Deazley, R (2005) Capitol Records v. Naxos of America (2005): Just another footnote in the history of copyright? Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA . pp. 23-70.

Deazley, R (2005) Publishers be Damned! (as well as HEFCE, government and apathetic academics): Some Thoughts on the Science and Technology Committee's Report on Scientific Publications. European Intellectual Property Review, 23 (7). pp. 97-105. ISSN 0142-0461

2004

Deazley, R (2004) Articles, the Academy and Authorising Reproductions. Journal of Information Law and Technology, 3 . ISSN 1361-4169

Deazley, R (2004) Copyright in the House of Lords: Recent cases, judicial reasoning and academic writing. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2 . pp. 121-137. ISSN 1364-906X

2003

Deazley, R (2003) Introducing publicity rights? Breach of confidence, the photograph and commodifying the image. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 54 (2). pp. 99-117. ISSN 0029-3105

Deazley, R (2003) The Myth of Copyright at Common Law. Cambridge Law Journal, 62 (1). pp. 106-133. ISSN 0008-1973

Deazley, R (2003) Re-Reading Donaldson (1774) in the Twenty-First Century and Why it Matters. European Intellectual Property Review, 25 (6). pp. 270-279. ISSN 0142-0461

Deazley, R (2003) Struggling with Authority: The Photograph in British Legal History. History of Photography . pp. 236-246.

2001

Deazley, R (2001) Collecting Photographs, Copyrights and Cash. European Intellectual Property Review, 23 (12). pp. 551-556. ISSN 0142-0461

Deazley, R (2001) Photographing Paintings in the Public Domain: A Response to Garnett. European Intellectual Property Review, 23 (4). pp. 179-184. ISSN 0142-0461

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