Plane Squatting
Declan Cushley and Giles Parsons summarise a recent Nominet ruling on the domain name emirates.co.uk and emphasise the lessons that emerge….
Telecoms & the Internet
Editorial
SCL Forum For the third year in a row, the Feb/March issue of the magazine is dominated by contributions reflecting the proceedings at the SCL Annual Policy Forum. The Forum is always a special event that provokes thought and encourages its participants to edge out of their comfort zone. This year’s was no different in…
About Network Neutrality 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0
In a reflection of his contribution to the SCL Forum 2010, Nico van Eijk puts network neutrality in context, predicts the future flow of debate on the topic and makes a series of telling observations on network neutrality dilemmas….
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Open Culture – Rethinking the Legal Framework
In this article, inspired by the SCL Forum 2010, Chris Reed looks at the basics of legal protection of works and questions whether the focus on the right to copy remains appropriate in radically changed circumstances….
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Use of Social Media in Selling for the Professions
Whilst social media has been in the headlines for some time, it is usually with regard to marketers driving the communications systems for their firms. Cynicism – as well as hysteria in some areas – about its value to the legal profession is rife. Kim Tasso looks at the use of social media by the professions (including lawyers) in the context of selling – primarily in business-to-business relationships….
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Location, Location … Guidance on Applicable Law in International Data Processing Scenarios
EU regulators have issued new guidance on how to determine which Member State’s data protection rules apply in cross border commercial scenarios, including cloud computing. Claire Walker and Shona Kerr analyse that Opinion, but ask whether the objectives of the legislation might be better served by proper harmonisation of standards across Europe (and beyond)?…
Watching Cloud Contracts Take Shape
Simon Bradshaw, Christopher Millard and Ian Walden recount the results of a survey into cloud computing contracts and examine a few of the issues brought into focus by the survey…
Rights in Databases: Where are We Now?
David Cran and Georgia Warren look at database protection in light of the Football DataCo/Brittens Pools case and consider the general position…
The Language of the Internet
Even the language of love alters according to time and place. Why should the language of the Internet always stay unaltered?…
Predictions 2011: IT Law & IT Trends
Each year we ask experts in a wide variety of fields for their views on the likely developments in the year ahead. This is a selection of the predictions published on the SCL web site that relate to IT law or which focus on the trends in IT which are likely to affect IT lawyers…