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Government Review of Data Processing Contracts

September 9, 2008

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….

Profiling Web Users – Some Intellectual Property Problems

September 4, 2008

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?…

Schadenfreude Fest: The Google Chrome Licence Glitch

September 3, 2008

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….

Analysing Unstructured Data: Electronic Discovery and Computer Limits

August 25, 2008

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….

Open Source Software: Top Ten Licences

August 17, 2008

So many open source licences, so little time. In a twist on Top of the Pops, Bill Jones, Brian Meenagh and Sally Mewies ask which licences matter most and give a brief guide to the essential features of each….

Screen-scraping, Ryanair and Contracts

August 14, 2008

Catherine Stromdale considers the threat from Ryanair to cancel scraped flights. How can the way a contract comes into being affect its enforceability? Who will be left to deal with the losses arising?…

England v France: The Internet and Trade Mark Infringement

August 11, 2008

Mike Gardner and Kara Landsborough-McDonald offer a comparison of English and French approaches to the liability of Internet companies for trade mark infringement…

New Report from MPs on Harmful Content and Video Games

August 4, 2008

The House of Commons Committee on Culture, Media and Sport has published its latest report. It includes firm views on user-generated content and ISP liability, social networking and privacy, ministerial responsibilities and games classification….