Academia
Nano postmodern Feminist carbon sustainable robots micro blogging cold-fusion
(Via Mathias Klang) Excellent PhD comic:
Announcements
IGF webcast
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 Read more
ACTA
ACTA: How not to negotiate wide-ranging bilateral agreements
Bilateral and multilateral trade agreements are strange beasts. They are usually drafted to get two countries or regions to open up their markets, therefore contain all sorts of harmonising provisions which will bring the contracting parties’ laws closer to one Read more
Announcements
Downloading music, an event
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!
Cases
Baillie Estates v Du Pont: Contracting through email
(Via Jordan Hatcher) What are the rules with regards to contract formation through email? When exactly is a contract concluded if the negotiators have not disclosed the terms and conditions clearly? The case of Baillie Estates Ltd v Du Pont Read more
Blogging
Sometimes I feel like somebody’s watching me
Have you had an embarrassing or worrying moment with communication technologies? Are you concerned about online privacy? If you answered yes, then you may be happy to know that you are not alone, the number of people concerned about online Read more
P2P
Three strikes legislation confirmed in the UK
The air of inevitability surrounding three strikes legislation in the UK came to its fruition yesterday with the announcement by Lord Mandelson that the government will seek to pass legislation that will force intermediaries to disconnect users involved in file-sharing. Read more
Copyright
Copyright orphanage
There is a growing sense in copyright circles that something needs to be done about orphan works. In many ways, we can thank the Google Book Settlement for jolting policy-makers into action by including a clause in the agreement that Read more
Cyber-liberties
The Broadband Divide
During the early years of the decade, the topic of the digital divide received more coverage than it does now. As the Internet took off in Western developed nations, there was a deep preoccupation that developing countries would be left Read more
DRM
Some newspapers simply do not get it
Interesting piece in TechDirt about watermarking content. The associated Press has convinced Boston newspaper Town News to adopts its watermarking service to stop people from copying and pasting content because the biggest threat to online news editions is widespread copying Read more