The June 2007 issue of SCRIPT-ed, the Journal of Law and Technology, is now available: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/issue4-2.asp In this issue: Editorial “Douglas v Hello! – An OK! result”, Gillian Black Peer-Reviewed Articles    “Do Asian Nations Take Intellectual Property Rights Seriously?” Assafa Endeshaw. “The day after the Computer-Implemented Inventions Directive: who won the battle and when shall [...]

These are my links for 22nd June 2007: WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Talks Break Down – Could this be the end? BBC NEWS | Technology | E-vote ‘threat’ to UK democracy – ORG’s e-voting report gets reported. Antigua seeks $3.4B from U.S. over gambling ban – After the March ruling saying that the US was in [...]

These are my links for 21st June 2007: Competition and IP law on a collision course – Competition law and IP are predicted to come into conflict more in Canada. Google launches public policy blog | InfoWorld | News | 2007-06-18 | By Grant Gross, IDG News Service – “We’re seeking to do public policy [...]

May 2007 Election Report: Findings of the Open Rights Group Election Observation Mission in Scotland and England. This report gives the findings of ORG’s election observers from the trial projects at e-voting in Scotland and England from May 2007.  For further details, please consult the site.  The conclusions on the Scottish Parliament follow: The Scottish [...]

These are my links for 10th June 2007 through 16th June 2007: Konami to sell skin care software for Nintendo DS | CNET News.com – Get skincare tips from your Nintendo DS. Church outraged by Sony game set in cathedral – CNET News.com – Anglican church authorities are appalled by Resistance: Fall of Man, which [...]

Session 4 and 5 Collecting societies Paul Keller of CC Netherlands updated the group on collecting socities. Key points: Two approches to Collecting Societies and their interaction with CC: A clause to allow people to opt out of the Collecting Societies (for jurisdictions that mandate their use). A hybrid approach where members (authors/owners) can do [...]

CC legal day session 3 – enforcement Key points from Lessig talk Discussed the reasons for retiring CC licences, most recently the stand alone developing nations and most of the sampling licences. Main two reasons — lack of use and the possibility of publishers using DevNations to avoid publishing under a “true” open access licence. [...]