The Open Source Software Crunch
David Boutcher and Bob Stankey ask: Will unmanaged OSS use make it harder to get financing and ultimately find a buyer for a technology-dependent business?…
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Predictions Preview
Each year we ask leading experts in IT law and the application of IT to legal practice to give us their predictions for the year and years ahead. Here is a preview of the predictions that will be published in December, drawn from some early responses….
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….
Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software Join Forces
Two organisations join forces ‘to strengthen and clarify the advice given to the end user community relating to best practice for Software Asset Management (SAM) and achieving cost efficient licence compliance’….
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Analysing Unstructured Data: Electronic Discovery and Computer Limits
Touching on porno hedgehogs and Croatian language recognition systems, Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan offer a fascinating insight into the problems associated with analysing unstructured data and the limitations inherent in using computers for electronic discovery. They also explain how the problems are not just of concern to litigators but to data protection lawyers and others too….
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Open Source: The Affero General Public Licence
Guy Burgess focuses on the Affero General Public Licence as its role expands with the increasing popularity of open source in SaaS environments….
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Not Every Cloud: Dell Patent Failure
Dell’s attempt to trade mark ‘cloud computing’ has been turned down by the USPTO….
Open Source Software: Top Ten Licences
So many open source licences, so little time. In a twist on Top of the Pops, Bill Jones, Brian Meenagh and Sally Mewies ask which licences matter most and give a brief guide to the essential features of each….
SCL 8th Annual Conference: Convergence 3.0
In November, SCL is to host its 8th Annual Conference in Edinburgh under the overarching title ‘Convergence 3.0 – New Business Models, More Risk – New Law’. Laurence Eastham highlights some of the reasons for attending….
Wanting It All: Unreasonable Subject Access Requests
Suzanne Rodway and Peter Church consider the Ezsias case and its implications for subject access requests….
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