Thanks for yet another well written piece. We really don’t see enough straight talking in the literature of legal information. Picking up your point on publishers’ long-term commitment to free-access services I thought I would share my trials with Everyform, well-known to SCL members who voted it as the winner of our award for IT…
SCL Internet Interest Group: A Brief Manifesto
Eduardo Ustaran is the new Chairman of the SCL Internet Interest Group. This is a brief account of the plans for the future of the IIG….
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Internet Interest Group: Cybercrime
The two speakers at the meeting were Steven Philippsohn, of Philippsohn Crawfords Berwald, and DS Clive Blake, from the Computer Crime Unit of Scotland Yard. This report from Delia Venables is a distillation of both their talks; the ideas are theirs, but she claims responsibility for any errors….
New SCL Web Site
Laurence Eastham reflects on the lessons learnt from the development of the new site and seeks SCL members’ help in making it work….
Sales from the Lap of Luxury
Davina Garrod and Alana Tervo provide a roadmap for those interested in distributing luxury products over the Internet, especially when seeking to apply restrictions which are consistent with EU competition law….
Framework Agreements – A Cure for All Ills?
This article from Kit Burden and Heidi Kwei of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert comments on the factors which parties need to consider when considering the use of a framework agreement for an IT project or a series of projects….
Information Technology and Human Rights: An International Perspective
The following article is developed from a lecture given by W.S. Gale QC to the Scottish Society for Computers & Law at the joint meeting with the Faculty of Advocates IT Group in Edinburgh….
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Court Orders for the Preservation of Computer Data: The Defendant’s Solicitor
Peter Susman QC acknowledges a constructive response to his article in the last issue (Vol 12, Issue 2)….
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SCL Thames Valley Group: Secure Domain Name Management
Ben Goodger reports on the Thames Valley Group meeting which took place on 13 June….
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SSCL Annual Lecture & Supper
John Sibbald reports on the SSCL annual lecture and supper held on 15 June at the John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh….