Hargreaves and a Scent of Direction
The Hargreaves Review may have good ideas but will they reach their destination. Is it time to worry less and realise that we are almost there already?…
Intellectual Property
Hargreaves Review Published
Digital Opportunity, the report from the review group chaired by Professor Ian Hargreaves, has now been published….
Copycats? The Pitfalls of P2P Allegations
Andrew Horrocks and Benjamin Craven draw lessons from the Media CAT debacle…
Agency or Distribution? The Struggle for Mastery in e-book Pricing
Stephen Smith and Andrew Hobson review the state of play in a battle that will affect what you read and how – and how much you pay for it. A version of this article first appeared in Competition Law Insight, 3 May 2011…
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Cookie Confusion and Clarifications
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has now issued its proposals to implement the amendments to the EU Telecoms Framework, including controversial new rules on the use of cookies. These proposals have been followed by new guidance from the Information Commissioner and a further open letter from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Richard Cumbley and Peter Church explain how the new rules suggest a flexible approach to consent (but not yet through the use of browser settings)….
ACS Monetary Penalty Announced
The ICO has imposed a monetary penalty of £1,000 on the owner of ACS for lax IT security…
Student Access – Accessing Students
The SCL site, including its protected articles, is now open to academic access…
Back to Basics: Non-IP Warranties
In our latest article in the Back to Basics series, Toby Crick and Helen Rose look at the various warranties often found in technology contracts. They consider arguments made by suppliers and users in relation to a number of common warranties and look at some of the practicalities behind those debates. This article does not address warranties relating to intellectual property which will be covered in a separate article later in the series….
Editorial
Two big new initiatives from SCL over the last two months will surely not have passed you by. First, we had the launch of the scheme for certification and accreditation then we had the new SCL Directory, the directory of members on a searchable database, fully accessible to the public. The first two SCL IT…
Digital Economy Act Judicial Review Judgment
BT and TalkTalk have lost on the major points in their action for judicial review of elements of the DEA….
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