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ICO says that enforcement action for use of Google Analytics cookies without prior consent is unlikely.

(Posted on 23/05/2012)

New Social Media Guidance Published
The UK Government has published new guidance for civil servants covering the benefits and pitfalls of social media. (Posted on 23/05/2012)

Creative Commons 4.0 Draft for Comment
Creative Commons is working on the 4.0 suite of licences - a draft is now available. (Posted on 21/05/2012)

New Plans for Defamation Law and Communications Data

Improving the protection of freedom of speech and increasing access to vital communications, including internet use, are proposed in the Queen's speech.

(Posted on 21/05/2012)

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UKSG Licensing and Negotiation Skills for Librarians (14 June 2012, London)
To meet the needs of librarians involved in the acquisition of electronic resources, UKSG is offering a practical one-day Licensing and Negotiation Skills course.

Where does liability lie if an e-thesis is found to infringe the copyright of a third party?
Where copyright infringing third party material is included in an ‘e-thesis’, liability will lie with all parties who have taken part in the activity that is infringement.

Embedding Innovation - IWMW (Edinburgh 18 - 20 June 2012)The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 (IWMW 2012) event, hosted by UKOLN, will be held at the University of Edinburgh on 18th - 20th June 2012.

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Cloud Computing and the Law Webcast - 30 May 2012 - Video Introduction to the webcast programme now online.

FAQ of the Week What are the accessibility duty implications when using a cloud computing provider?

Newsletter Our May newsletter, featuring up-to-date news, guidance and events, is now available.

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Our training service: For your institutional staff development in copyright, data protection and other ICT legal issues, there's now JISC Legal Plus.

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Moral Rights and OERs - Overview

The purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Overview paper is to guide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) on the meaning of moral rights, when and how these impact on the creation of OERs and measures which may be taken in order to avoid infringement of moral rights.

Moral Rights and OERs - Essentials
To purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Essentials paper is to provide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) with a summary of when and how moral rights impact on the creation of OERs.

Mobile Technologies and the Law Top Tips
Copyright and accessibility law need to be considered when using mobile devices. To help give you confidence in your compliance with the law, here are top tips for getting to grips with copyright and accessibility when using mobile devices.

Bequeathed Research Papers and the Law
This guidance is intended for university or college archives dealing with bequests of research papers and provides information on the legal issues which need to be considered in particular where an institution intends to digitise and add documents to an institutional repository.

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Video Introduction - Cloud Computing and the Law Webcast - (30 May 2012, 2pm, Online)

ASLIB Exploiting IPR and Other Intangible Assets (25 May 2012, London)

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