We have finally decided to start a Trustees’ blog, about SCL, about being Trustees, about being tech lawyers, about technology in our practices, about what’s happening behind (and in front of) the scenes at SCL, and whatever feels important to us from time to time….
Renzo Marchini sounds a timely warning about the need to put in place one, admittedly shaky, piece of protection against supplier insolvency…
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Bridget Treacy analyses how over-regulation and concern over data privacy may keep the cloud from rising high…
Paul Gershlick analyses an important recent case. In J Murphy & Sons Limited v Johnston Precast Limited, the Regus severability approach was followed and a novel implied contract term which has major implications for IT contracts appears to be recognised: an ongoing implied duty to warn….
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SCL has delivered its response to the IPO consultation © The Future: Developing a Copyright Agenda for the 21st Century…
This report has been widely publicised. There is very little in the interim report that does not have importance for IT lawyers but we highlight the elements of most obvious importance….
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford is collaborating with SCL to offer a series of lectures addressing emerging legal issues concerning the Internet and allied emerging technologies….
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Reflecting on file-sharing, the music industry and trends in enforcement, Lilian Edwards looks into the future of copyright enforcement on the Internet. She asks how fundamental freedoms and respect for IP rights can best be reconciled. This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?’…
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Herbert Ungerer offers his personal views on the interplay between EU competition regulation and the development of Web 2.0, and beyond. This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?…
The tensions created in existing attempts at regulation provide the focus for this article from Lorna Woods. The concepts of ‘super-regulator’, devolved regulation and self-regulation are among those examined. This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?’…
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