SCL’s Boot Camp 2001
The SCL first Boot Camp on 2nd to 4th February was an enormous success. Joanne Ashley tells you what you missed….
Intellectual Property
Database Right Infringement
Lou Marshall of The Simkins Partnership reports on a new case on database infringement….
The Balance between Technology and the Law
Internet use provides a wide range of organisations with a wealth of information about the individual user. James Catchpole looks at a new survey and its implications….
Beware: Computer Evidence Quicksand
The case of Sergeant Gurpal Virdi, accused of sending racist hate mail to ethnic minority police officers including himself, casts light on current practice in the treatment of computer evidence….
Portals, Gateways, Communities…
Portals are the hot topic of the moment. And in a reverse of the natural order of things, many are looking for people to go through them. Delia Venables gives a personal guide to some of the portals on offer….
To a Web Site, and Beyond!
Andrew Haslam describes how Lovells designed, built and launched their latest Web site….
Is EU Competition Law the Limit for the Internet?
Continuing our look at IT law from different international perspectives, Dr Jean Paul van Marissing considers the effect of EU competition law on commercial Internet values. His article asks whether some windows ofopportunity are closed by the effects of competition restrictions….
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Abortive IT Projects – Clearing up the Mess
What happens when an IT project is cancelled? Clive Freedman and David Quest look at the legal issues and the rights and liabilities of the parties….
UCITA – The Storm to Come for Software Licencees
Last year, in the United States, the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) was passed at a federal level. At the time of writing,it had been adopted in two states and will be in force in Maryland from 1October of this year. It is expected that other states will shortly follow suit.Kit Burden and Creole Palmer explain what you need to know about it….
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The Tangled Web: Human Rights Sources on The Web
The Scottish Group (now the Scottish Society for Computers and Law) has chosen the theme of Human Rights and IT as the common thread running through the main part of its 2000/2001 series of meetings….
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