Habitual readers may be interested in knowing that I will soon be joining the ranks of Newstex, a blog syndication service that aggregates content and sells it to legal information services such as LexisNexis, EBSCO, CanWest MediaWorks, Thomson Financial, and Thomson Business Intelligence. I am quite chuffed by their invitation Read more
Second COMMUNIA workshop: Vilnius, Lithuania, 31/03/08 Ethical Public Domain: Debate of Questionable Practices – this is the title for the Second COMMUNIA workshop to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on Monday 31 March 2008 from 8:30 to 18. The morning session will be held at ELTA press center, with registration Read more
BILETA 2008 – The 23rd Annual ConferenceThursday 27th March, 16.15 – 17.30Glasgow Caledonian UniversityOpen Access to Legal Information – A Panel and Open Discussion Organised by SCRIPTed The ‘Open Access to Legal Information’ session will comprise a panel, each member of which will discuss an element of open access and Read more
(via Lilian Edwards) Musicians, fans and online copyright2pm, 19 March, Old Theatre, London School of Economics Is home downloading killing music? Should Internet Service Providers monitor customers to try and spot copyright infringement, and disconnect downloaders? Do musicians need new laws to benefit from the opportunities of the Internet? Join Read more
This seems like a good time for reflection on the Microsoft case. Colleague and fellow blogger Abbe Brown has sent us this event: 28 February 2008 Joint event by the Europa Institute and the AHRC Research Centre in Intellectual Property & Technology Law. A lecture by Ian Forrester QC, White Read more
Luca Rubini from the University of Birmingham informed us about this event, which we reproduce for interested readers. The Microsoft Case: The IT industry and the Future of EC Competition Law Friday 16 May 2008 (4:30 – 6:30 pm) The case: A 2004 Commission Decision and a 2007 Court of Read more
Peter Jaszi, Professor at the American University Washington College of Law, has written to let us know of the release of a report on User Generated Content and copyright entitled Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video. The study includes a blog. I’ll let the report’s press release Read more
Erick Iriarte has sent this message for distribution: VII World Congress of Computer Law / VII Congreso Mundial de Derecho InformaticoWhen: 3-7 December 2007Where: San Juan, Puerto RicoSteering Committee: University of Puerto Rico / Puerto Rico Bar Association / Inter American University of Puerto Rico / Alfa-RediWebsite: http://www.alfa-redi.com/viicongress/ About Congress: Read more
The winners of the ORG Raffle have been announced in the ORG blog. They are: A signed copy of Lawrence Lessig’s Code 2.0 goes to Kimberley Gahramt A signed copy of Bruce Schneier’s Beyond Fear goes to Karen Molden A signed copy of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property goes Read more
Luke Razzell has forwarded this invitation to an event in London for publicity purposes. Identity Society is delighted to announce an Open Space event (aka “unconference”) on February 19th in the revolving restaurant space on the 34th floor of the BT tower in central London. The tower’s curious history as Read more