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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 the war end?”  Konstantinos Fotinopoulos.
“Without Walls: Copyright Law [...]

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 violation, [...]

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 advocacy [...]

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 Parliamentary Ballot [...]

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 depicts [...]

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 a Non Commercial option.  This [...]

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.
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