If it were true, as was once so commonly stated, that the Internet is the Wild West, rough, lawless and just generally dangerous, then I have been playing Wyatt Earp this week. I have been poking my nose into the e-commerce saloon in defence of the sweet virgin consumer, when it was definitely not wanted,…
SCL Essay Prize
The winner of the £1,000 SCL Essay Prize is Frazer Hanrahan of Queen’s University Belfast….
SCL ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OXFORD, 11/12 NOVEMBER 2005
The Customer and Supplier Marriage: An industry view of the IT and outsourcing project lifecycle and related legal issues…
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US Supreme Court Ruling in MGM v Grokster
The US Supreme Court has ruled against Grokster on the use of file-sharing and liability for breach of copyright….
easyCar Drive a Hole through the Distance Selling Regulations
Mathew Pryke reports on an important decision of the ECJ: C-336/03 easyCar (UK) Limited v Office of Fair Trading. He also comments on what some see as a major reverse for the OFT….
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Compulsory Licensing of IP and the Microsoft Saga: A drastic remedy or what the market deserves?
Davina Garrod reports and comments on a controversial decision which just might change the IT industry for ever….
Editorial
Webinars A few weeks ago I would not have recognised the word “Webinar” (I suppose I have to admit that it is a word) but now it is part of SCL life. For those of you who have slept through this particular development, a Webinar is a meeting, seminar or workshop which can be “attended”…
Richard Stephens: SCL and a Promising Future
As reported in the last issue, Richard Stephens was recently elected as SCL’s new Chairman. Once he was firmly ensconced, Laurence Eastham asked him a few questions about the prospects for SCL….
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One Man’s Webinar – a virtual success!
Laurie Kaye recounts his experience of a Webinar and floats an interesting competition….
cyber alert
Laurence Eastham reviews a new book from Peter Warren and Michael Streeter cyber alert: How the World is Under Attack from a New Form of Crime (ISBN 1-904132-62-6, Vision Publishing £10.99)….