The September issue of SCRIPTed, the online journal of Law and Technology, is now live. This issue is packed with quality (says the person who wrote the editorial, so I’m clearly biased). In this issue: Editorial Back to the Future: Regulation of Virtual Worlds Andrés Guadamuz, pp.242-245 Peer-Reviewed Articles The Read more
Some readers may remember my previous comments about a dubious advertising campaign from Virgin Mobile Australia. Some of the pictures were clearly bordering on the defamatory, so it should come as no surprise that Virgin has been sued by one of the victims. However, what may prove truly surprising is Read more
(The cast of GikII visit Jeremy Bentham on their way to the obligatory pub visit) As I mentioned earlier, last week we held the second edition of GikII in London. PDF versions of the presentations can be downloaded from the site so that you can wonder at the geek’s superior Read more
(Via Lilian Edwards) Two excellent spoofs on those annoying anti-piracy ads: One from Channel 4’s The IT Crowd. And one warning from history:
I’ve just returned from conferencing. First there was a very interesting seminar at WIPO on the subject of Rights Management Information (interesting for those who find metadata interesting of course). I believe that there is a growing push towards metadata standards and identification data to be included into works as Read more
(via David Berry) This is an awesome guide to setting up a show downloading service on your computer. With NBC terminating their contract with iTunes in the USA, and with iTunes UK TV shows being sold at a prohibitive price, consumers are voting with their feet and choosing to download Read more
(via Out-Law) Browse-wrap agreements have received yet another boost in the United States in the case of Cohn v Truebeginnings. The California Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of the defendants in a case of contract formation via terms of use. Michael Cohn sued dating website True.com in December Read more
The Washington Post reports on action being taken by some ISPs in the United States to curb high traffic. Comcast is reportedly terminating users’ accounts based on high bandwidth usage, although it seems like there is no specification of how much is too much. I’m surprised by the move, as Read more
USA Today reports about a man in Seattle has been arrested for conducting wide scale ID theft through P2P networks. Gregory Thomas Kopiloff used Limewire to have access to people’s personal files in order to gather financial information to be used in online fraud and ID theft. Kopiloff used this Read more
(via the Pirate Bay blog) The Pirate Bay has opened a web store for all kopimists around the world.The kopimi ethos allows, nay, encourages all to copy the work in a sort of anti-copyright (not to be confused with copyleft and other odious legal concepts). Although some of the designs Read more