Long Player: BPI and CD Wow!
Last month saw the conclusion (or did it…?) of a long running battle between the BPI, on behalf of record companies, and CD Wow!. Chris Scroggs gives the background….
Intellectual Property
The Good Life?
Gillian Cordall seeks to enlighten readers about Second Life – a world of avatars, anarchy and infinite variety – and the approach to legal problems within that world….
Why Do Technology Projects?
Sometimes the basic questions are asked last, and too late. Adam Westbrooke offers a constructive approach to the most basic question affecting IT in law firms….
Renegotiating Outsourcing Deals: Why, When and How
Kit Burden looks at one of the tricky aspects of outsourcing deals….
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Data Processing
Renzo Marchini reports on the recent Court of Appeal decision on David Paul Johnson v The Medical Defence Union Limited [2007] EWCA Civ 262…
Combatting Homographic Attacks on Domain Names
Your domain name and those of your clients could be at risk from a soundalike, lookalike, evil, Cyrillic twin. Carolyn Pepper, Emma Pitcher and Milan Joshi explain….
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Freedom of Information Fees: SCL Response
Read extracts from the SCL response to the Consultation Paper from the DCA on fees for supplying data and the imposition of a limit on the expense of supply. The response argued for a rethink. The DCA has now decided to give an opportunity for further consultation….
Hyperlinking
Alex Newson gives an overview of the legal issues from an EU & US law perspective. This is an updated version of the original article, taking account of the appeal ruling in Perfect 10 v Google….
Pool Cues and Computer Games: the ‘look and feel’ debate played out in the Court of Appeal
The English Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that copying the ‘look and feel’ of a computer program without copying the program code does not, without more, amount to copyright infringement. Ben Allgrove and Paul McGrath explain….
‘Greater Force’ – or a Good Excuse for Non-performance?
Christoff Pienaar looks at force majeure and its effect on contracts. Bearing in mind that force majeure clauses inserted into outsourcing and IT services could seriously undermine a customer’s disaster recovery plans, the concept of ‘greater force’ needs to be very fully understood….
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