The Harry Potter Lexicon has been adjudged to breach copyright. The judgment has implications for ‘mixing and mashing’ on the Web. The full judgment in the action brought by Warner Bros and J K Rowling in New York has now been published….
The Home Secretary announced on 10 September that the government has terminated its contract with PA Consulting, following the recent high profile data loss. In addition, Jacqui Smith announced that all contracts signed by the government with private companies are to be reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate. Andrew Rigby of Brodies considers the legal implications of the termination….
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SCL members are asked to contribute to a response to the IPO consultation paper on penalties for copyright infringement. Nick Cunningham is seeking input from members….
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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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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….
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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Two organisations join forces ‘to strengthen and clarify the advice given to the end user community relating to best practice for Software Asset Management (SAM) and achieving cost efficient licence compliance’….
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As an SCL member, you can choose to be a passive recipient – receiving the magazine, soaking up web info and attending courses – the target of SCL’s educational role. But these are crucial times for the shape of IT law as it will govern 21st century communications and transactions. If you care about more…
Andrew Tibber explores Norwich Pharmacal orders and their increasing relevance in helping claimants identify online wrongdoers….
Touching on porno hedgehogs and Croatian language recognition systems, Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan offer a fascinating insight into the problems associated with analysing unstructured data and the limitations inherent in using computers for electronic discovery. They also explain how the problems are not just of concern to litigators but to data protection lawyers and others too….
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