New Podcasts: Legislating for Web 2.0
The podcasts from this highly successful Policy Forum are now available….
Intellectual Property
Book Review: Open Source Technology and Policy
Andrew Katz reviews Open Source Technology and Policy from Fadi P. Deek and James A.M. McHugh, published by Cambridge University Press (382 pp). 978-0-521-88103-6 Hardback £50.00; 978-0-521-70741-1 Paperback £18.99; www.cambridge.org/9780521881036…
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SCL Podcast: Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?
SCL’s 3rd Annual Policy Forum – audio recordings and speaker’s slides available to download….
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The Edinburgh Fringe, Black Holes and the Convergence 3.0 Conference
The SCL Conference in Edinburgh focuses on Convergence 3.0. Laurence Eastham let’s you know what you are going to miss if you fail to go….
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CPD and E-learning for Free: Make the Most of Your Membership
The end of the Law Society’s CPD year is fast approaching. Read why SCL e-learning is the e-ffective and e-conomical way to gain CPD, and to gain real understanding….
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Harry Potter and the Copyright of Fire
The Harry Potter Lexicon has been adjudged to breach copyright. The judgment has implications for ‘mixing and mashing’ on the Web. The full judgment in the action brought by Warner Bros and J K Rowling in New York has now been published….
Government Review of Data Processing Contracts
The Home Secretary announced on 10 September that the government has terminated its contract with PA Consulting, following the recent high profile data loss. In addition, Jacqui Smith announced that all contracts signed by the government with private companies are to be reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate. Andrew Rigby of Brodies considers the legal implications of the termination….
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Consultation: Penalties for Online Copyright Infringement
SCL members are asked to contribute to a response to the IPO consultation paper on penalties for copyright infringement. Nick Cunningham is seeking input from members….
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Profiling Web Users – Some Intellectual Property Problems
In this highly original analysis, Nicholas Bohm and Joel Harrison take a fresh look, from a very different angle, at the issues that arise from Web profiling. Does it infringe Web site owners’ IPR?…
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The End of Lawyers’ IT?
Alastair Morrison updates readers on his views on SaaS and considers the possibility that cloud computing will transform the way in which lawyers buy and use IT….