SCL has adopted a policy paper from Professor Chris Reed and Berna Akcali Gur as an official SCL Policy Document…
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Digital Music and Online Intermediaries
The Trustees of SCL are delighted to adopt this important contribution to the debate on solutions to the problem of unlawful file-sharing and its effect on copyright holders as an SCL Policy Document. The Document, written by Professor Chris Reed and Berna Akcali Gur, reviews the legal issues surrounding copyright in digital music and the potential liability of ISPs and suggests a move to a long-term solution where access providers pay licence fees to content owners – and users receive the music free of restriction. The Paper is one product of the highly successful SCL Forum, held in September 2009 and hosted and sponsored by Herbert Smith LLP….
OFT Report: Online Targeting of Advertising and Prices
The OFT published a market study setting out its preliminary views on behavioural advertising and targeted pricing practices on 25 May…
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SCL Response on Copyright Infringement and Cost-sharing
The Society for Computers and Law has submitted its response to the BIS Consultation on Online Infringement of Copyright (Initial Obligations) Cost-sharing…
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Rotten Windows and Government Cuts
This post is about cuts – beginning with my irritation over media attitudes to IT projects (that some politicians seem to reflect), and ending with some speculation about what might be cut that affects IT lawyers….
Ocean’s Apart: Data Transfers between the EEA and USA
Susan Mann offers a current view of data transfer between the EEA and USA, examining the cultural and philosophical divides. She looks at Safe Harbor, Binding Corporate Rules and Model Contractual Clauses….
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Oceans Apart: Overview of the US Legal Framework
In a companion piece to Susan Mann’s coverage of EU/USA data transfer issues, Liz Harding summarises the main relevant US legislation and regulatory mechanisms….
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A Streetcar Named Mistake
Google has mistakenly been collecting wi-fi data in the course of its Street View data collection exercise. What’s it going to do about it?…
The Meaning of ‘Perpetual’: A Lasting Decision?
In BMS Computer Solutions Limited v AB Agri Limited [2010] EWHC 464 (Ch), the High Court has considered the meaning of the word ‘perpetual’ in a software licence. Mike Butler and Gillian Dennis report and comment on the decision….
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Red Sky in the Morning: Sellers’ Warning
An important High Court ruling on software exemption clauses is a further reminder of the need for suppliers to give full and accurate information to potential buyers….