SCL announces the election of its first Fellows of the Society for Computers and Law…
Grants from SCL
SCL has announced that it is to make grants available for research…
June / July 2007 Online Course Online Course
(Course code HW/SFCL28 – 1 hour)…
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GPL v3 Released 29 June
The Free Software Federation announced the release of the new version of the GNU General Public License version 3 on 29 June….
Limitation of Liability: An Update
Limitation of liability clauses are always keenly negotiated and are often one of the last clauses to be agreed. A string of recent cases provide guidance to lawyers about how these clauses should be drafted and incorporated into a contract. Jimmy Desai offers a summary of some recent cases and an explanation as to how each may be useful to those drafting such clauses….
Collecting Personal Information Using Web sites
Helen Hart summarises and comments on the latest ICO advice….
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Editorial
The statistic that stayed with me for far too long this week was that approximately 1 in 25 visitors to Wikipedia edit or contribute. It seemed extraordinary that a resource that was used as the major reference source for everything from pub arguments to geography homework could have so many committed and dedicated persons associated…
OGC Changes to ICT Guidance
See the latest changes to the Guidance which have now been released….
SSCL Annual Lecture: Professor Eben Moglen on The Global Software Industry in Transformation
A link to an audio version of the SSCL Lecture from high-profile speaker Eben Moglen giving insight into the future following GPL v3….
Student IT Law Essay Prize 2008 Now Launched
Entries are now sought for the 2008 IT Law Essay Prize with a host of rewards for the winner, including £1,000 cash, and a further prize for the institution at which the winner is studying….
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