SCL’s Internet Interest Group has framed a striking response to the BERR Consultation on legislative options to address illicit file-sharing. The response expresses particular concern about the danger of smaller ISPs opting out of any voluntary solution and questions the underlying assumption that the current regime does not work or is too expensive….
Data Retention Directive: SCL Response on Transposition
A document which is highly critical in crucial respects has been adopted by SCL as its response to the Home Office Consultation on transposition of the Data Retention Directive. The response, drafted by the SCL Privacy and Data Protection Interest Group, points out a number of failures and inadequacies in the draft regulations….
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Penalties for Online Infringement: SCL Response to Consultation
SCL has responded to the Copyright and Enforcement Directorate’s consultation on Gowers 36 and other proposals….
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OGC Model Contract Questionnaire
PartnershipsUK is seeking feedback on the use of the OGC ICT Services Model Contract by inviting suitable responses to a questionnaire…
Patenting Computer Programs: The Symbian Effect!
Mark Daniels and Nick McDonald examine the latest judgment from the Court of Appeal on computer patents and its wider implications….
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Contract Law Update – Exclusion Clauses and Global Claims
The CPD questions from the podcast of the recent SCL meeting on Contract Law Update – Exclusion Clauses and Global Claims presented by Alex Charlton QC and Jeremy Mash (SCL Online CPD Course Questions – course code: HW/SFCL39 1.5 hours)…
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Intelligent Agents and Internet Commerce in Ancient Rome
Andrew Katz highlights the lessons that might be learned from the conduct of commerce in Ancient Rome. He identifies the parallels between the role of slaves and the regulation of intelligent agents in the modern world….
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Private Prosecutions for Copyright Infringement
This article from Nick Kounoupias is a guide to the what, when, how, and how much, of bringing criminal proceedings when your copyright is stolen….
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Does Street View Have Street Cred?
Mark Weston considers the many privacy and data protection issues associated with Google’s new Street View project….
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….