The supposedly private yet very public execution of Saddam Hussein has given us the first big cyberlaw story of 2007. The story can be tackled from a wide range of angles: Who owns the video? Can (and should) it be banned? Is there any law that could be applied to […]
The latest issue of SCRIPTed is now online. In this issue: Editorial: Alastair Kent, “Patients and IP – Should we care?” Special Issue on Privacy: Lilian Edwards, “Introduction to the Special Issue” When personal data, behavior and virtual identities become a commodity: Would a property rights approach matter?, Corien Prins […]
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. – Parasiteware: Unlocking Personal Privacy; Daniel B. Garrie and Rebecca Wong. […]
The second draft of the GNU General Public License version 3 is now available to the public. I have spent some time this weekend reading through the new draft and comparing it with the original. You can find some of my earlier opinions about the first draft in this SCRIPTed […]
We have published the draft programme for the VI Computer Law World Conference, which will take place from Wednesday 6th – Friday 8th September 2006. The programme is looking extremely good (if I may say so myself), so get going and register as soon as you can! (llamas not included). […]
It was inevitable. The popular online video repository YouTube has been sued for copyright infringement by Robert Tur, owner of Los Angeles News Service. Tur seems to be an experienced copyright litigator, and he is asking for $150,000 USD for each infringed work, and also is asking for an injunction […]
(via The Guardian). Big Brother is watching you. Actually, Microsoft is watching your Xbox 360, and getting all sort of gaming stats from their users about the amount of time they spend online, what games they are using and how much do they spend in each one. This information is […]
Google is set to roll out another service for its users that takes advantage of its seemingly unlimited storage and processing power. GDrive is a service that will allow users to store their files online in Google’s servers, where they can access them from anywhere on the Internet. The convenience […]
Ed Felten has written an extensive report on the use of DRM on CDs. The report’s conclusions are worthy of reproduction: First, the design of DRM systems is driven strongly by the incentives of the content distributor and the DRM vendor, but these incentives are not always aligned. Where they […]
The draft of the version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL) has finally been released, and what a document it is! In general, the wording is clearer, tidier and tighter than version 2. The preamble is still as ideological as always (an in my opinion a tad superfluous). […]