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03/12/2010 09:28 AM
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Safeguarding - Meeting your e-Safety Duties Webcast Now Available to Watch or Download
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JISC Legal's Safeguarding- Meeting your e-Safety Duties Webcast from 03/03/2010 is now available to watch or download on our website.
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03/10/2010 10:00 AM
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Five Top Copyright Tips in 30 Minutes - JISC Legal on RSCtv (9/3/10)
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JISC Legal's Jason Miles-Campbell presented "Five Top Copyright Law Tips for Colleges and Universities" as part of RSC Scotland South & West's RSCtv programme on Tuesday, 9 March 2010..
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03/09/2010 09:44 AM
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Cap on Defamation Success Fees
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Under new Government proposals the amount of fees that solicitors can charge for successful libel cases on a no-win, no-fee basis will dramatically be reduced from April this year.Â
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03/08/2010 11:29 AM
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DP Working Party on 'Controller' and 'Processor'
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The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has issued its opinion on the concepts of the terms 'controller' and 'processor.'
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03/08/2010 10:45 AM
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YouTube Improve Videos' Accessibility
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Every single YouTube video with English language audio can now support captioning created by speech recognition software thus improving the sites accessibility for videos.Â
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03/06/2010 01:10 PM
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Our Newsletter Hits 1000!
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On Thursday, 7 March 2010, we had our 1000th subscriber to JISC Legal's free once-a-month newsletter, keeping the UK's colleges and universities up-to-date on matters of ICT and the law.
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03/05/2010 03:55 PM
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Watch Out YouTube
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A surprise amendment forced through for controversial clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill could lead to entire sites being forced offline if it becomes law.
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03/02/2010 01:01 PM
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Safeguarding - Meeting your e-Safety Duties (03/03/10)
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This webcast was designed to assist institutions in meeting their legal duties and inspection needs in relation to safeguarding and e-security.
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03/01/2010 02:43 PM
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Institutions Object to Proposed Wi-Fi Crackdown
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Under proposals outlined in the Digital Economy Bill, universities, libraries and small businesses offering wi-fi services will not be exempt from ensuring that their networks are not used to infringe copyright.
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03/01/2010 02:16 PM
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Test Your Multimedia Copyright Knowledge
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The Welsh Repository Network has published a learning tool to help you consider some of the copyright issues for multimedia respositories.
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02/26/2010 12:42 PM
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JISC infoNet Release Research Resources
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JISC infoNet has recently published a new web presence aimed at providing a central point of access for those interested in research information management.Â
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02/26/2010 11:25 AM
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Copyright Tribunal Procedures Modernised
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New rules of procedure for the Copyright Tribunal will come into effect on 6 April 2010.
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02/25/2010 05:44 PM
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Copyright: Don't Ask The Audience
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The majority of people asked in a recent survey on copyright law in the UK have little or no knowledge of what is legal, reports Consumer Focus.
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02/23/2010 04:08 PM
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Proposed Harassment Law is No Breach
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A new law aimed at tackling stalkers as well as those who harass individuals via text or online is being proposed by Scottish Ministers.
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02/19/2010 12:20 PM
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Don't Bank on Disability Alternatives Being Reasonable
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The Royal Bank of Scotland recently lost their appeal against the decision that they were in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Â
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02/16/2010 08:00 AM
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Transfer and Use of Bibliographic Records - a New Resource
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JISC Legal are pleased to host a new resource on the Transfer and Use of Bibliographic Records: Guidance on Legal Issues. It has been created by Curtis+Cartwright in partnership with Naomi Korn, with funding from JISC.
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02/12/2010 02:06 PM
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Data Protection Assessment Notices Code of Practice (12/02/2010)
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A Code of Practice for Assessment Notices will be published in April 2010 by virtue of Part 8 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
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02/12/2010 10:22 AM
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Celebrating RoMEO this Valentine's Day
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The SHERPA/RoMEO service, funded by JISC, helps repository depositors find out about a publisher's copyright position.Â
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02/09/2010 02:22 PM
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Changes to Third Sector Copyright Exemptions (09/02/2010)
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The third sector will see copyright exemptions for public playing of sound recordings and music removed from April 2010
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01/29/2010 01:54 PM
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University of East Anglia Email Row
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The University of East Anglia is to investigate how Freedom of Information requests were dealt with.
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