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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.

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.

The Welsh Repository Network has published a learning tool to help you consider some of the copyright issues for multimedia respositories.

JISC infoNet has produced guidance for those interested in research information management.

New rules of procedure for the Copyright Tribunal will come into effect on 6 April 2010.

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.

A new law aimed at tackling stalkers as well as those who harass individuals via text or online is being proposed by Scottish Ministers.

The Royal Bank of Scotland recently lost their appeal against the decision that they were in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.  

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.

By virtue of Part 8 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 concerning the extended data protection audit powers available to the Information Commissioner's Office, a Code of Practice for Assessment Notices will be published in April 2010. 

The SHERPA/RoMEO service, funded by JISC, helps repository depositors find out about a publisher's copyright position. 

The third sector will see copyright exemptions for public playing of sound recordings and music removed from April 2010

The University of East Anglia is to investigate how Freedom of Information requests were dealt with.

Removing potentially libellous material posted by website users as soon as possible can protect from liability

Institutions falling to report data breaches can face financial penalties from April 2010

The Scottish Information Commissioner publishes new guidance for making and handling FOI requests.

CILIP are offering a full-day training course on Copyright for Beginners, available in London on 3 March 2010, and on 16 September 2010.

Where an employee creates a work, unknown to his employer, and copies that work to create something new, there is no case for infringement.

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.

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.