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03/10/2010 10:00 AMFive Top Copyright Tips in 30 Minutes - JISC Legal on RSCtv (9/3/10) 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..
03/09/2010 09:44 AMCap on Defamation Success Fees 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.
03/08/2010 11:29 AMDP Working Party on 'Controller' and 'Processor' The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has issued its opinion on the concepts of the terms 'controller' and 'processor.'
03/08/2010 10:45 AMYouTube Improve Videos' Accessibility Every single YouTube video with English language audio can now support captioning created by speech recognition software thus improving the sites accessibility for videos.
03/06/2010 01:10 PMOur Newsletter Hits 1000! 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.
03/05/2010 03:55 PMWatch Out YouTube 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.
03/02/2010 01:01 PMSafeguarding - Meeting your e-Safety Duties (03/03/10) This webcast was designed to assist institutions in meeting their legal duties and inspection needs in relation to safeguarding and e-security.
03/01/2010 02:43 PMInstitutions Object to Proposed Wi-Fi Crackdown 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.
03/01/2010 02:16 PMTest Your Multimedia Copyright Knowledge The Welsh Repository Network has published a learning tool to help you consider some of the copyright issues for multimedia respositories.
02/26/2010 12:42 PMJISC infoNet Release Research Resources JISC infoNet has recently published a new web presence aimed at providing a central point of access for those interested in research information management.
02/26/2010 11:25 AMCopyright Tribunal Procedures Modernised New rules of procedure for the Copyright Tribunal will come into effect on 6 April 2010.
02/25/2010 05:44 PMCopyright: Don't Ask The Audience 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.
02/23/2010 04:08 PMProposed Harassment Law is No Breach A new law aimed at tackling stalkers as well as those who harass individuals via text or online is being proposed by Scottish Ministers.
02/19/2010 12:20 PMDon't Bank on Disability Alternatives Being Reasonable The Royal Bank of Scotland recently lost their appeal against the decision that they were in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
02/16/2010 08:00 AMTransfer and Use of Bibliographic Records - a New Resource 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.
02/12/2010 02:06 PMData Protection Assessment Notices Code of Practice (12/02/2010) 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.
02/12/2010 10:22 AMCelebrating RoMEO this Valentine's Day The SHERPA/RoMEO service, funded by JISC, helps repository depositors find out about a publisher's copyright position.
02/09/2010 02:22 PMChanges to Third Sector Copyright Exemptions (09/02/2010) The third sector will see copyright exemptions for public playing of sound recordings and music removed from April 2010
01/29/2010 01:54 PMUniversity of East Anglia Email Row The University of East Anglia is to investigate how Freedom of Information requests were dealt with.
01/29/2010 11:17 AMSwift Action by Website Beats Defamation (29/01/10) Removing potentially libellous material posted by website users as soon as possible can protect from liability
01/28/2010 04:33 PMData Breaches - ICO Raises the Stakes Institutions falling to report data breaches can face financial penalties from April 2010
01/27/2010 04:16 PMDon't Ignore Unclear FOI Requests The Scottish Information Commissioner publishes new guidance for making and handling FOI requests.
01/26/2010 04:44 PMCILIP Training Course: Copyright for Beginners CILIP are offering a full-day training course on Copyright for Beginners, available in London on 3 March 2010, and on 16 September 2010.
01/22/2010 04:07 PMDownside of Copying Your Own Work Where an employee creates a work, unknown to his employer, and copies that work to create something new, there is no case for infringement.
01/22/2010 11:55 AMRIPA (Part 2) New Codes of Practice (22/01/2010) Further to consultation on The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the Home Office has published new Codes of Practice that will come into force on 6 April 2010.
01/19/2010 01:59 PMSorting Out Your Records Collection A council were found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after sensitive personal data relating to social work records were found in a filing cabinet bought by a member of the public.
01/19/2010 10:45 AMInformation Tribunal Replaced by General Regulatory Chamber The Information Tribunal has been abolished and its functions have been subsumed into the General Regulatory Chamber.
01/19/2010 10:10 AMTaking a Data Protection Case to Court - New Guidance Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) publishes new guidance to help individuals in Northern Ireland take a claim to court under the Data Protection Act.
01/15/2010 02:56 PMGovernment Launches New Protecting Information Report This report highlights developments that have taken place since the publication of the Data Handling Review.
01/13/2010 02:32 PMNew Penalties for Serious Data Protection Breaches (13/01/2010) ICO issues guidance on its new powers to impose monetary penalties of up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
01/06/2010 10:38 AMHigh School Gets Rapped Across The Data Protection Knuckles A Birmingham high school has been required to sign a formal undertaking after a laptop containing the unencrypted personal details of around a thousand staff and students was stolen.
01/05/2010 03:02 PMBig Bucks for Copyright Infringement An American graduate found guilty of copyright infringement for illegally downoading and uploading songs on Napster and Kazaa is seeking a new trial or a reduction of damages.
12/23/2009 09:24 AMGoogle Guilty of Copyright Infringement French court finds Google guilty of infringing copyright by digitising books and putting extracts online.
12/22/2009 03:37 PMTake Down Might Not Be The End of the Story... Penningtons Solicitors have reported on a recent settlement between Getty Images and a removals firm which had used without licence a Getty Images photo.
12/22/2009 02:58 PMRevised Code of Practice under Section 60 of the FOI (Scotland) Act 2002 (22/12/2009) The consultation on a revised code of practice can be found on the Scottish Government website.
12/21/2009 02:25 PMRedaction Time Cannot Count The Information Tribunal has ruled that redaction time cannot count towards Freedom of Information (FOI) cost capping.
12/15/2009 02:10 PMEU Approves Copyright Treaty (15/12/2009) EU approves two agreements on copyright law.
12/11/2009 01:53 PMRevenge of the Son of Gowers: Copyright Consultation (11/12/2009) The UK Intellectual Property Office has released for consultation detailed legislative proposals designed to implement the adopted parts of the Gowers Review.
12/11/2009 11:05 AMPrivacy Watchdog Launches Online Privacy Consultation The Information Commissioner's Office has launched a consultation on new guidance governing online privacy.
12/10/2009 03:13 PMReading You Like an Open Facebook Changes to Facebook mean users are being encouraged towards more open privacy settings.
12/01/2009 02:39 PMJISC Legal Assistance One Click Away on JISCMail Lists JISCMail include link to JISC Legal on each JISCMail list homepage.
11/30/2009 10:12 AMNew Guide on Data Protection The Information Commisioner's Office has published new guidance on the Data Protection Act.
11/23/2009 04:03 PMLeading Research Unit Hacked The email system of a leading research unit based at the University of East Anglia has been hacked.
11/20/2009 11:20 AMCopyright in the Digital Age Report This report proposes improving access to works, resolving issues around copyright and contract and ensuring copyright exceptions are right for the digital age.
11/13/2009 10:58 AMJISC Legal Webcast Winner Congratulations to Philip Wane from Nottingham Trent University who wins the Sony e-Book Reader.
11/12/2009 10:16 AMJISC Website Changes Survey JISC Communications & Marketing would like to get feedback on changes to the JISC website through a survey and user testing.
11/11/2009 10:00 AMEntries Open for RSC Y & H Awards JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire and Humber invites entries for the Inaugural Evolution Awards.
11/05/2009 11:05 AMJISC Legal Webcast: OER - Legal Matters An event designed to resolve the legal challenges of creating and sharing open educational resources.
11/05/2009 10:32 AMBritish Library Supports Copyright Strategy The British Library announced that it supports the move made by the government to ensure that copyright is fit for the digital age.
11/05/2009 10:23 AMStudy of Copyright Policies and Practices FreePint is undertaking a two-phase research project into copyright and are inviting participation.
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