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The UK‘s first libel action arising from comments made via Twitter has resulted in a payment of £3,000 in damages and reportedly around £50,000 in legal costs.

We have issued two new guidance papers on OERs: Strategic Managment of IPR for OER in UK HE and Legal Aspects of the Use of Child Images in OERs.

Results of the competition to improve the way universities and colleges conduct research and manage their intellectual property rights have been announced.

The 2010 Annual Report of the Scottish Information Commissioner confirms that the public are increasingly making use of access to information laws including FOI and that this is set to continue in the current economic climate.

This short briefing paper, produced by the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), demonstrates how the terms of Creative Commons (CC) licences can be embedded into a variety of resources. 

New law gives individuals more control over what information organisations can store on their computer.

A new British Standard setting out good practice and principals of ethical behaviour for organisations providing services to inventors has been published.

IDRAS, the Improving Dispute Resolution Advisory Service, offers a free email newsletter to help institutions improve how they approach disputes.

One day workshops for those interested in licensed content for teaching and learning

With input from JISC Legal, JISC has put out a summary of "Resources to help combat cybercrime" - helping institutions avoid the consequences of being a victim of computer misuse, or being an inadvertent agent in some else's criminal activity.

The IPO newsletter includes links to IP related stories which have featured in the news in the last month, and an article on IP and website design.  

The Information Commissioner has required a council to give an undertaking that it will encrypt memory sticks used to carry sensitive personal data.

The Scottish Information Commissioner’s terms and conditions on use of information have been updated with effect from 23 Feb 2011 to permit use of information, including that on their website, under the Open Government Licence for public sector information.

According to the UK government, cybercrime is costing the country around £1000 every second. 

Universities UK has published a report looking at how institutions can promote freedom of speech on campus, while protecting the welfare of staff, students and the wider community.

The Scottish Information Commissioner pilots a single model publication scheme for public authorities from Feb 2011.

Tweets should be considered public and can be published, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled. 

A group of universities plans to draw together existing free online learning materials from around the world and create degree programmes.

Accessibility is an ongoing issue for the use of ICT in FE and HE and JISC Techdis has launched two funding competitions for innovative approaches to assistive technologies.

We have recently added two law watch notices to our website which will be of interest to those responsible for institutional information governance.