SCL has delivered its response to the IPO consultation © The Future: Developing a Copyright Agenda for the 21st Century…
Software Licence Maintenance: The Questionable Customer’s Option
In Data Direct v Marks & Spencer, the High Court has given judgment on the interpretation of a software licence which required substantial payments in respect of maintenance. The key phrase was the seemingly innocent ‘at the customer’s option’….
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Osborne Clarke Switch to Shared Services Centre
Osborne Clarke have announced a £50 million deal with Integreon to create ‘the UK legal sector’s first onshore shared services centre’…
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SCL Comments to Civil Litigation Costs Review
SCL has now submitted its comments to Lord Justice Jackson’s Review….
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Digital Britain Interim Report
This report has been widely publicised. There is very little in the interim report that does not have importance for IT lawyers but we highlight the elements of most obvious importance….
Emerging Legal Issues: OII and SCL Collaborate on Lectures
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford is collaborating with SCL to offer a series of lectures addressing emerging legal issues concerning the Internet and allied emerging technologies….
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The ‘Future-proof’ Communications Bill: Platform Regulation in a New Age
The tensions created in existing attempts at regulation provide the focus for this article from Lorna Woods. The concepts of ‘super-regulator’, devolved regulation and self-regulation are among those examined. This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?’…
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The ‘Future-proof’ Communications Bill: Thinking Afresh
Tom Gibbons ponders the best approach to drafting new legislation and considers the broad social influences which Web 2.0 has created or reawakened that should influence that approach. This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?’…
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The Net Neutrality Zombie and Net Neutrality ‘Lite’
Chris Marsden suggests that excessive regulation to ensure net neutrality can have negative consequences and commends to the EU an approach which produces ‘net neutrality lite’ This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?’…
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Towards an (Electronic) Communications Act 2011
Jean-Jacques Sahel, writing purely in a personal capacity, considers the approach which should underpin any legislation on electronic communications and argues that the extraordinary nature of the Internet requires a principles-based approach to inform legislation rather than narrow sectoral regulation. This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?’…
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