The leading thinker on law and cyberspace, the creator of the ‘code is law’ approach and most cited source in every debate on copyright and software, Professor Lawrence Lessig, has agreed to present the SCL Lecture 2008 on 30 April. The lecture will be dedicated to the memory of Alan Brakefield….
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October has been quite a month for survey results. Read a summary here….
Chris Dale describes new moves that are taking place to make constructive progress on e-disclosure, to encourage the courts to be more involved in managing e-disclosure and to promote understanding of the solutions available….
The doors are open for registration of .asia domain names…
Nicholas Baatz QC examines the law on determining culpability for delay and disruption in IT projects…
It is usually software and gadgets that gets the attention and the hardware we spend most of our time using tends to get neglected. Adam Westbrooke helps corrects the balance and examines the trends….
Creative Commons is having an increasing impact on copyright in all sorts of fields. Andrew Mills outlines the basics that you have to know to retain credibility….
Daithí Mac Síthigh reports on the recent SCL Policy Forum, sponsored by SCL and Herbert Smith and held on 17 and 18 September in London….
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As the roulette wheel turns and the Gambling Act 2005 is about to settle into one of its very large pockets, Jimmy Desai gives a brief guide to the aspects of the newly introduced Act which might affect IT lawyers….
How Much Protecting Do ISPs Need? The recent report of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee (HL Paper 165) is not likely to have the ISP moguls at NTL or BT reaching for their security blankets but it might well be a useful weathervane. I sense a change in wind direction. In…