Academia
New beginnings
Regular readers may have noticed that I have been rather quiet for the last month or so. Besides taking a bit of a well-deserved break after a hard semester of teaching, this has been a rather busy time. Back in Read more…
Creative Commons
Creative Commons and international private law
I was recently involved in the process of porting the version 3.0 of the Creative Commons licences for use in Costa Rica, which has resulted in the launch of the licences at the beginning of the year. The Costa Rican Read more…
Regulation
Legislation 0.5, in Beta
What better way to start the year than with a good old rant? I have been looking at Diaspora, the Facebook replacement for those with a conscience and those who have to be just a little bit different from everyone Read more…
Announcements
SCRIPTed December 2010
The December 2010 Issue of SCRIPTed, a journal of law and technology, has been released. In this issue: Editorial Mapping The Coverage Of Neuroimaging Research, Timothy Caulfield Christen Rachul, Amy Zarzeczny, Henrik Walter, pp.421-428 Reviewed Articles Human Genetic Manipulation and Read more…
Cases
MDY v Blizzard: Terms of Use and copyright infringement
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circle has decided on the interesting and important case of MDY v Blizzard. First some background information. In December 2006, Blizzard, the makers of World of Warcraft, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Read more…
Cyber-liberties
The Internet is dangerous
I am in Jordan for a WIPO workshop. One of the interesting aspects of being in the Middle East is the presence of a more controlled Internet, and although Jordan’s Internet filtering is light when compared to some of its Read more…
Cyber-liberties
Internet regulation and Wikileaks: What have we learned so far?
For Internet regulation geeks, last week has been one of the most exciting events in recent time, as we have been presented with almost a crash course in some of the main regulation theories of the last 15 years. The Read more…
New technologies
The IP implications of 3D printing
In the April 2010 issue of SCRIPTed, there is a very interesting article by Simon Bradshaw, Adrian Bowyer and Patrick Haufe entitled “The Intellectual Property Implications of Low-Cost 3D Printing“. This will certainly be an important area of the law Read more…
Cyber-liberties
Wikileaks: So, this is what cyberwar looks like
A couple of days ago we wrote a small post thinking about ways in which Wikileaks could be taken off the Web. The conclusion was that Wikileaks might survive almost any type of concerted effort to remove it from the Read more…
Announcements
ORG Needs You!
Pangloss has asked us to spread the word about a new job opportunity with the Open Rights Group. If you’re a London-based law student, trainee in waiting, or other legal type with an interest in IT and IP law, then Read more…