The SCL Internet Interest Group is holding a special meeting on 17 September to inform the SCL response on the recent consultation paper on illicit file-sharing….
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Chris Marsden explains what makes the 3rd Annual SCL Policy Forum on 22 & 23 September 2008 such an important event….
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Simon Croall QC and Yash Kulkarni give an account of a crucial House of Lords judgment. They reflect on the ways in which this latest development in remoteness of damage will have clear impact on contractual disputes of all kinds, especially IT disputes….
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Mike Gardner and Kara Landsborough-McDonald offer a comparison of English and French approaches to the liability of Internet companies for trade mark infringement…
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John McKeown reports on a recent decision of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center involving domain names and Carphone Warehouse. 1…
Gerald Newman, of LawComms.com, reports the results of a new survey of Bar Web sites, and explains how chambers could make better use of their home pages for online news and e-marketing…
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The House of Commons Committee on Culture, Media and Sport has published its latest report. It includes firm views on user-generated content and ISP liability, social networking and privacy, ministerial responsibilities and games classification….
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Clive Freedman and Joe Ury report on the latest BAILII developments – a story of continuing success, and continuing need for contributions….
Dr Fernando Barrio considers the problems which will be posed for the law by the development of autonomous robots and, by way of an example, looks more closely at how they may be treated under the law on sexual offences….
The BERR has issued a new consultation document ‘on legislative options to address illicit P2P file-sharing’…