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Preservation of Web Resources: Making a Start | JISC-PoWR | 27 June

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I mentioned my involvement on the legal aspects of this project in an earlier post — the project is having its first event on the 27th of June. For more see below:
The JISC-sponsored Preservation of Web Resources project (JISC-PoWR) will be running its first workshop in London. The aim of the series of workshops is [...]

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Tags: Academic research · Conferences · Uncategorized

New publication: UDRP guide

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Last year I produced a guide for the International IP Institute on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. The guide is an overview aimed at small and medium sized enterprises and consumers on the ins and outs of the process, together with links for more detailed information. I’m happy to say that the [...]

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Tags: Academic research · News

New JISC project and blog – PoWR

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I am happy to announce the JISC-PoWR project and blog . I’m working with the great folks at UKOLN and the University of London Computer Center and providing some assistance on the legal issues for a project about the preservation of web resources (PoWR). Look for some posts on these issues over there, as well [...]

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Tags: Academic research

UK IPO links to Creative Commons licences

January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m doing some research for a course on entrepreneurship and IP, and so I’m reviewing the materials available on the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO). Their short and sweet description of copyright licensing includes a link to Creative Commons:
Some people prefer to allow limited access to their work without charge. One way to do [...]

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Tags: Academic research · Creative Commons · Licensing

Legal models for online content enforcement

January 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

In December, I gave a talk in London for Screen South entitled “Creative Commons Legal Models” for a group of content producers, mostly film/video, internet content, authors, and computer game creatives. In it, I made this basic point:
Look at your copyright in terms of your overall strategy
Not a particularly groundbreaking insight but an important one [...]

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Tags: Academic research · Creative Commons · Enforcement · Open content

COMMUNIA Public Domain event 18 January 2008

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

The work we’ve been doing on open data would be a nice fit at this event:
COMMUNIA Workshop: “Technology and the public domain” (18/01/2008)
Organized by the NEXA Center for Internet & Society of
the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) this event takes aim
at the international debate about the “digital commons” and the
complex relationship between technological innovation and today’s
mass [...]

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Tags: Academic research · Conferences · Europe · Open content orgs · Open data

Speaking at London CC Salon about open content study

November 7th, 2007 · Comments Off

On 20 November, I will be speaking at the next London CC Salon about the results of the report on open content licences and the UK cultural heritage sector:
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CC-Salon London returns with our final event of 2007, for more discussion and debate on the subjects of art, technology, copyright and free culture.
This time round we’ll [...]

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Tags: Academic research · Conferences · Cultural heritage · Open content

Cultural heritage report out soon

November 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off

I know many of you are eagerly awaiting the forthcoming report on the use of open content licensing in the UK cultural heritage sector. The report, funded and supported by Eduserv, is complete and is going through a final internal review before release, which will hopefully be within the next 10 days or so.

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Tags: Academic research · Cultural heritage · Licensing · Open content

Survey analysis: What would you like to see?

October 9th, 2007 · Comments Off

As I mentioned on the 3rd, the survey about the use of open content licences by the UK cultural heritage community is now closed. We’ve now entered into the analysis phase, and should have the list of applicable respondents finalized this week. Though I have a pretty good idea of the cross tabs and charts [...]

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Tags: Academic research · Cultural heritage · Open content

TRIP project – Traditional Music and Intellectual Property

October 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off

At this year’s Gikii conference, Richard Jones of Liverpool John Moores University (where he is a Reader in Law and IT) has a new project. He together with RA Roksana Ghaffrinik, are looking in to traditional music and IP. The core of the study, from what I gather, is folk music and copyright (rather than [...]

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Tags: Academic research · Open content

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