Paved with Good Intentions
Andrew Charlesworth focuses on universities, freedom of information and open research – and reveals that combining these promising ingredients results in an unpalatable and potentially dangerous cocktail…
Intellectual Property
Towards ‘Open Lawyering’ – Revisiting The Future of Law
In an article arising from the SCL Policy Forum 2010, Jeremy Newton looks back at Richard Susskind’s ground-breaking book and examines the extent to which the paradigm has in fact shifted…
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About Network Neutrality 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0
In a reflection of his contribution to the SCL Forum 2010, Nico van Eijk puts network neutrality in context, predicts the future flow of debate on the topic and makes a series of telling observations on network neutrality dilemmas….
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Media CAT File-sharing Judgment
Judge Birss has handed down his judgment in the volume file-sharing litigation brought by Media CAT…
Open Culture – Rethinking the Legal Framework
In this article, inspired by the SCL Forum 2010, Chris Reed looks at the basics of legal protection of works and questions whether the focus on the right to copy remains appropriate in radically changed circumstances….
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Creative Commons Licences: What to Do with the Database Right?
Contrary to other types of open content licences, Creative Commons licences are intended to be translated and adapted to the laws of many jurisdictions. Local or regional peculiarities of the copyright regime can sometimes require an adaptation to the licences that would disrupt their worldwide similarity. In another article arising from the SCL Forum 2010, Lucie Guibault focuses on one of these peculiarities: the European sui generis database right….
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Ofcom Review of Digital Economy Act
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has announced that a review will assess whether website-blocking powers could work….
Reviewing the DEA
I thought you were supposed to find out if measures work before you include them in an Act of Parliament?…
Use of Social Media in Selling for the Professions
Whilst social media has been in the headlines for some time, it is usually with regard to marketers driving the communications systems for their firms. Cynicism – as well as hysteria in some areas – about its value to the legal profession is rife. Kim Tasso looks at the use of social media by the professions (including lawyers) in the context of selling – primarily in business-to-business relationships….
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E-Disclosure Managers and Rising E-Disclosure Costs
Dean Gonsowski comments on the emergence of a new trend and suggests complementary ways to ensure that there is relief from rising e-disclosure costs…
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