In this highly original analysis, Nicholas Bohm and Joel Harrison take a fresh look, from a very different angle, at the issues that arise from Web profiling. Does it infringe Web site owners’ IPR?…
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The terms and conditions of use of the new Web browser from Google have been amended following a negative reaction to a first draft that would have caught all rights to users’ content. Laurence Eastham guesses that SCL members will be full of sympathy….
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reinforced the OSS Artistic Licence in a ruling with important implications for all OSS licences…
So many open source licences, so little time. In a twist on Top of the Pops, Bill Jones, Brian Meenagh and Sally Mewies ask which licences matter most and give a brief guide to the essential features of each….
Catherine Stromdale considers the threat from Ryanair to cancel scraped flights. How can the way a contract comes into being affect its enforceability? Who will be left to deal with the losses arising?…
Simon Croall QC and Yash Kulkarni give an account of a crucial House of Lords judgment. They reflect on the ways in which this latest development in remoteness of damage will have clear impact on contractual disputes of all kinds, especially IT disputes….
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The House of Commons Committee on Culture, Media and Sport has published its latest report. It includes firm views on user-generated content and ISP liability, social networking and privacy, ministerial responsibilities and games classification….
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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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A new decision of the Information Tribunal supports the supremacy of the data protection principles, includes clear criticism of the failure of the police to grapple properly with the data protection principles and dismisses arguments that the ACPO code on retention of data constitutes a valid code for the PNC….
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David Blunt QC and Richard Osborne examine the lessons to be derived from the recent case of Steria v Sigma…
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