Vive la Difference
This encourages a focus not only on “What is the problem” but “I can see there is a problem how can we fix it”…. It is for these reasons that we have established an In-House Group in SCL….
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ARTICLES BY scl-paullauria
IT Contracts Seminar Report: Cases and Stories
David Chaplin reports on the Annual IT Contracts Update given by Richard Stephens…
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ICO Issues More Monetary Penalties
Two councils face monetary penalties for unencrypted laptop theft…
About Network Neutrality 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0
In a reflection of his contribution to the SCL Forum 2010, Nico van Eijk puts network neutrality in context, predicts the future flow of debate on the topic and makes a series of telling observations on network neutrality dilemmas….
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Tweets and Privacy
The PCC has ruled on the first complaint about republication of Tweets by mainstream media…
Media CAT File-sharing Judgment
Judge Birss has handed down his judgment in the volume file-sharing litigation brought by Media CAT…
Open Culture – Rethinking the Legal Framework
In this article, inspired by the SCL Forum 2010, Chris Reed looks at the basics of legal protection of works and questions whether the focus on the right to copy remains appropriate in radically changed circumstances….
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Creative Commons Licences: What to Do with the Database Right?
Contrary to other types of open content licences, Creative Commons licences are intended to be translated and adapted to the laws of many jurisdictions. Local or regional peculiarities of the copyright regime can sometimes require an adaptation to the licences that would disrupt their worldwide similarity. In another article arising from the SCL Forum 2010, Lucie Guibault focuses on one of these peculiarities: the European sui generis database right….
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Panning and Pangloss
I thought our libel laws were mad when it came to jurisdictional issues, providing one of the few points of growth in a downtrodden economy. The French are in danger of beating us….
Ofcom Review of Digital Economy Act
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has announced that a review will assess whether website-blocking powers could work….