Open Source and Branding
Branding really matters in the free and open source software (FOSS) world. Alex Newson explores the legal issues and the protection available to open source contributors and projects who care about their brand….
Publishing & social media
Implementing an Online Learning Programme
Elizabeth West looks at the challenges faced by law firms when implementing online learning programmes for IT or legal training, and reports on a meeting of the SCL KM Special Interest Group in July, hosted by Lovells LLP….
Anonymity for Online Newspaper Comments
A Montana judge has quashed a subpoena seeking identifying information about online commenters. Although this is a decision on its own facts and in a jurisdiction far away, it may be a guide to the approach taken in the US generally – and that will certainly influence responses worldwide….
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….
International Network for E-crime Prosecutors
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, announced on 28 August that a new Global Prosecutors’ E-Crime Network has been developed….
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Know Your Enemy
Andrew Tibber explores Norwich Pharmacal orders and their increasing relevance in helping claimants identify online wrongdoers….
Convergence Reality: Ofcom Report on Communications
The latest Ofcom UK Communications Market Review 2008 indicates, in a welter of valuable statistics, that a wide range of convergence technologies have shown great increases in popularity….
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Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?
Chris Marsden explains what makes the 3rd Annual SCL Policy Forum on 22 & 23 September 2008 such an important event….
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Libel and Privacy on the Internet: Too Late for Regulation?
A number of recent libel and privacy decisions have highlighted the dangers of an unregulated Internet. Ashley Hurst highlights some of those dangers and suggests an approach which would reduce them….
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Facebook Libel and Privacy Breach
Applause Store Productions Ltd and Firsht v Grant Raphael is the widely reported case where defamation disseminated via Facebook resulted in a successful claim. Damages totalling £22,000 were awarded, which included an element for the tort of misuse of private information….