Another set of predictions for 2009 dealing with a range of issues. This set has predictions from Charles Christian, Chris Dale, Paul Heritage-Redpath, Rosemary Jay, Iain Mitchell QC, Gregor Pryor, Pearse Ryan and Linda Webster…
This is a selection of the predictions on the SCL Web site. These predictions cover developments that impact on the technology used by lawyers and the strategic decisions they must make to prosper in 2009 and beyond….
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Following on from Predictions Preview, 17 new predictions on IT law, IT applications and the way technology will impact on business and society. Everything but next week’s lottery numbers from Birley, Briskman, Burgess, Davis and Onwusah, Harbison, Haslam, Jones, Katz, Kaye, Marsden, Morrison, Newson, Speed, Spencer, Trimmer, Tuke and Uebergang….
Alastair Morrison updates readers on his views on SaaS and considers the possibility that cloud computing will transform the way in which lawyers buy and use IT….
Dell’s attempt to trade mark ‘cloud computing’ has been turned down by the USPTO….
Dr Fernando Barrio considers the problems which will be posed for the law by the development of autonomous robots and, by way of an example, looks more closely at how they may be treated under the law on sexual offences….
This piece by Stephan Buck won the SCL Essay prize 2008. It is Stephan’s aproach to the official essay title ‘Virtual Properties and Virtual Economies: How should activities with economic consequences in virtual worlds like ‘Sec-ond Life’ and ‘Everquest’ be dealt with by real-world legal systems?’…
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The European Data Protection Supervisor has adopted an Opinion on the European Commission’s proposal for amendment of the ePrivacy Directive….
‘Virtualisation’ has been growing in popularity, particularly since the end of 2006, as a form of infrastructure technology that can be used to consolidate the hardware resources of a business. But what exactly is it? Put simply, ‘virtualisation’ means either ‘partitioning’ a single physical resource (such as a server, operating system or application) to make…
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Claire Milne, based in the Isle of Man, shares her experience of the interface between IT law and remote gaming….
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