The COMMUNIA project has published The Public Domain Manifesto. I reproduce the preamble: “Le livre, comme livre, appartient à l’auteur, mais comme pensée, il appartient—le mot n’est pas trop vaste—au genre humain. Toutes les intelligences y ont droit. Si l’un des deux droits, le droit de l’écrivain et le droit Read more
Quick reminder that the Open Rights Group is holding a meeting in Edinburgh this Sunday: How to talk to your MP and get them to change the Digital Economy Bill (Edinburgh) Sunday, January 24, 2010 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (GMT) Gain the confidence to talk and write to Read more
The December issue of SCRIPTed is now online. In this issue: Editorial Mandy and Me: Some Thoughts on the Digital Economy Bill Lilian Edwards , pp.534-537 Reviewed Articles DNA Patents and the Invisible Citizen: The Role of the General Public in Life Science Governance Morten Andreasen and Klaus Hoeyer, pp.538-557 Read more
My colleague Abbe Brown is in Egypt attending the Internet Governance Forum (not jealous, honest). She has sent this announcement, which I reproduce: On 18 November I am running a workshop at the Internet Governance Forum in Egypt at 8am – 9am (2 hours ahead of the UK) “Towards Access: Read more
Downloading Music: Differing Perspectives Friday 6 November 2009 Jamie King (Film Director (STEAL THIS FILM 1,2 and 2.5 and founder of the VODO project (www.vodo.net)) and Shira Perlmutter (IFPI). Lecture Theatre 175, Old College 13:00 to 14:30 All Welcome!
Registration is now closed, but here is the programme for this year’s Gikii. I’m really looking forward to it: 17 September 09:15-09:30 Opening 09:30-10:45 First morning session (3): Doomsday Christopher Lever, Fortun@e 500: A Consideration of the Contract Law Consequences of Cache Poisoning Clive Feather, Resilience of the PGP “web Read more
Creative Commons is currenlty running an online questionnaire about Noncommercial use. The blog post explaining the survey can be found here, and the actual survey can be found here. This is an important survey for many reasons. Noncommercial clauses allow users to use, reproduce and modify works as long as Read more
Issue 1 2009 Editorial After Marper: Two Readings, Two Responses Roger Brownsword , pp.1-3| HTML | Reviewed Articles Virtual Worlds As A New Game Theoretic Model For International Law: The Case Of Bilateral Investment Treaties Peter S Jenkins, pp.4-32| HTML | New Technology and Researchers’ Access to Court and Tribunal Read more
GikII Comes to Amsterdam! 17-18 September 2009 Institute for Information Law (IViR) University of Amsterdam GikII 4th Edition, a two day workshop on the intersections between law, technology and popular culture, will be held on September 17-18th, 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The chairs of the event are Joris van Read more
Computer Implemented Inventions Workshop Wednesday 1 April 2009Venue: Moot Court Room, Old College This event is the idea of Professor Philip Leith, Queen’s University Belfast, and it is organised as part of SCRIPT’s Information Technology Law Foresight Fora. The objective of the event is to bring together a small number Read more