Both the techie press and blogospheres have been filled with stories on Zune, Microsoft’s new digital player and best hope to cripple Apple’s hold on the market. Zune follows Redmond’s long tradition of arriving late to a market and trying Read more
The September 2006 issue of SCRIPTed is now online. In this issue: Editorial: – From child porn to China, in one Cleanfeed; Lilian Edwards. Peer-reviewed articles: – Affidavit Evidence and Electronically Generated Materials in Nigerian Courts; Andrew I. Chukwuemerie. – Read more
Several sites are reporting that Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music, has been complaining about rampant copyright infringement in websites such as YouTube and MySpace. Mr Morris stated that: “We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us Read more
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 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 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“ 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 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 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 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 Read more