The blogosphere (or more accurately, the vlogosphere) has been mourning the sad fate of one of its main stars, Lonelygirl15, whose video blog had achieved cult status for its mix of intriguing storyline and all-round appeal of a shy and lonely, yet cute teenager. However, Lonelygirl was not the homeschooled Read more
There have been several signs recently that eDonkey would join the legal download market. It seems like this is the road to be taken by commercial clients, which will continue to fall or be taken out by litigation. eDonkey have now paid the RIAA $30 million USD to avoid litigation. Read more
Would you like to be a book reviewer for SCRIPTed? You get a free book if you agree to write a review for us. The books available for review are: Gustavo Ghidini “Intellectual Property and Competition Law: The Innovation Nexus“ Francesco Francioni and Tullio Scovazzi – “Biotechnology and International Law“ Read more
I believe that in the future, when I look back on this week, the first image that will spring is one of bone-crunching tiredness. Of course, this is mostly self-inflicted, but I digress. I had been warned by people more experienced than me that this was to be expected. So, Read more
This has been an awesome start to the VI Computer Law conference, although I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this as one of the organisers, so take my praise with a pinch of salt. The first Geek Law workshop had a bit of everything geek: killer robots, SETI, Read more
I’m posting my BlogDay list very late this year. I can only use as an excuse that I’ve been rather busy with the Conference to do the BlogDay its deserved favour. Without further excuses, here is the list (in no particular order): Terra Nova: Blogging, MMORPGs and gaming, what’s there Read more
Excellent article by Bill Thompson on the problems of accuracy in Wikipedia. Bill says that: If Wikipedia can find a way to combine community participation with greater oversight, perhaps by encouraging every registered user to check changes and edits instead of leaving it largely to the central cabal of administrators, Read more
Vivendi Universal has announced that it will offer its music catalogue for free in a legal download site in exchange of advertisement. This could be a tremendous hit for other legal download sites. This may be an indication that some music executives could be throwing in the towel in their Read more
Wikipedia has millions of articles, but what do people actually read? The recently created Wikipedia charts may give us a rough idea of user’s real interests. As of today, the top articles are: 1. Main Page2. JonBenét Ramsey3. United States4. Wikipedia5. Pluto6. Irukandji jellyfish7. Wii8. Jeff Hardy9. Pokémon10. Neighbours I Read more
This is the last week of registration for the VI Computer Law World Conference. If you’re anywhere near Edinburgh, be sure to drop by and join us in this event.