SCRIPT-ed, Vol 4, Issue 3, September 2007 Editorial Back to the Future: Regulation of Virtual Worlds Andrés Guadamuz, pp.242-245 Peer-Reviewed Articles The European Regulation on Biometric Passports: Legislative Procedures, Political Interactions, Legal Framework and Technical Safeguards Gerrit Hornung, p.246-262 Taking Sides on Technology Neutrality Chris Reed, pp.263-284 Analysis Copyright and research: an archivangelist’s perspective A. [...]

My first in a series of in-depth posts about open data is now up at opencontentlawyer.com Thoughts on drafting an open data licence

[cross posted at opencontentlawyer.com] One of the areas that I will be posting on in the next couple of weeks is open data. My latest project is to re-draft an existing open data licence into a format for worldwide use, much in the same vein of Creative Commons. If you have an interest in open [...]

Cross posted at opencontentlawyer.com **New survey on open content licences** Use of open content licences by cultural heritage organisations The Eduserv Foundation is funding a study into the use of Creative Archive, Creative Commons and similar open content licences by cultural heritage organisations in the United Kingdom. The study is being led by legal consultant [...]

So what does everyone think about organising some sort of meetup of Open Rights Group supporters and like-minded folk in Scotland?  We’ve been discussing it a bit on the ORG-Discuss list, but I wanted to also post my thoughts here as well. It looks like it will be in Edinburgh, in July. Preferably on a [...]

Eduserv, together with legal consultant Jordan Hatcher, are conducting a study into the use of Creative Commons and similar licences by cultural heritage organisations.  This study is entitled: Snapshot and case-studies of current usage of Creative Commons (and other open content) licences by cultural heritage organisations in the UK The goal of this study is [...]

So if you’ve been wondering why I haven’t blogged as much in-depth material lately, this is one of the reasons. I’ve been hard at work on the report for the IT-based business and FTA report. The report has been released as part of our working paper series and placed on SSRN. Citation and abstract below: [...]