Pickwick updated
An extract from an edition of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club originally by Charles Dickens…
Intellectual Property
Book Review: E-Mail, The Internet and the Law
Mark Owens reviews E-Mail, The Internet and the Law by T. Kevan and P. McGrath, EMIS Professional Publishing Ltd, 223pp ISBN 1-85811-268-0…
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Database Right: Publishers’ Delight
Ian Jeffrey thinks that database right is proving to be even more important than predicted. This article looks at the scope of the right and applies it in a number of commonly occurring scenarios….
Electronic Rights in Publishing
The rules on the rights in material published electronically are still developing. Lisa Boyd of Lochners Technology Solicitors looks at a US case which may affect developments….
To Disclose or Not to Disclose: That is the Question
The recent case of Totalise v Motley Fool, decided on 19 February 2001, dealt with disclosure in the context of a Web site….
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Implied Terms in Computer Contracts
Michael Douglas QC and Ben Pilling consider what terms are of concern, or likely to be applied into, contracts relating to IT….
Information Technology and Human Rights: An International Perspective
The following article is developed from a lecture given by W.S. Gale QC to the Scottish Society for Computers & Law at the joint meeting with the Faculty of Advocates IT Group in Edinburgh….
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SSCL Annual Lecture & Supper
John Sibbald reports on the SSCL annual lecture and supper held on 15 June at the John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh….
Editorial
Jaundiced I blame the weather – it rained on our barbeque. Or perhaps it’s the fact that the nights are drawing in. Whatever the reason, the arrival of the following innocent, nay positive, press release produced a negative reaction. LSSA Developing XML Component List The scope a legal XML standard is enormous, potentially covering such…
Fineprint
WK Hon looks at the uses of a piece of low-cost print software and enthuses about its application in legal life….