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Creative Commons 4.0 Draft for Comment

Creative Commons is working on the 4.0 suite of licences - a draft is now available.
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

The Protection of Freedoms Act, 2012 achieved royal assent on 01 May 2012.
YouTube Contributes to Copyright Infringement Court Rules

A court found YouTube contributed to copyright infringement by its users by failing to act quickly to remove unlawful content after it was notified by rights holders.
EC Consultation on Regulating the Internet of Things

Staff at institutions using mobile devices in teaching and learning may be interested in providing their views on how to regulate wireless networked devices.

Turning a Resource into an Open Educational Resource (OER)

New animated film on Turning a Resource into an Open Educational Resource.

Orphan Works Reforms Developing

The EU Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee has voted in favour of reforming copyright legislation in order to make available ‘orphan works’ in online archives
US Extradition of Student for Copyright Infringement Approved

Home Secretary Teresa May has approved the decision to extradite a student accused of copyright infringement to the US.
Call to Implement Text Mining Exception to Copyright

Changes to copyright law could enable access to new knowledge that would otherwise remain undiscovered.

Essential Law Book - New Edition

The 3rd edition of Paul Pedley's Essential Law for Information Professionals is now available from Facet Publishing.
ERA Supports Access to BBC and Channel 4 Online Services

Following discussions with the BBC and Channel 4, the ERA Licensing Scheme recently confirmed that changes have been made in order to support access to some BBC and Channel 4 on-line services, for educational purposes.   
Irish Data Commissioner Publishes Facebook Report

The Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner this week published its report of an audit of Facebook Ireland Ltd.  

Consultation on Changes to UK's Copyright Laws

A consultation has been announced to gather evidence on proposals to widen copyright exceptions including private copying, non-commercial research and library archiving.
Personal Data Loss in the Spotlight Again
  A new report finds there have been over 1000 cases of personal data loss since 2008 including those involving a significant number of mobile devices.
Good Legal Practice on Mobile Learning

JISC's online conference Innovating e-Learning 2011 is being held from 22 - 25 November, and as part of the pre-conference activity week JISC Legal have recorded a short webcast entitled Mobile Learning - Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.

W3C's First Draft of Online Privacy Standard

New tools being developed will shield personal data and reveal when sites do not respect privacy requests.

New Briefing Paper on Remote Access to Electronic Resources
This JISC Collections briefing paper includes FAQs on what is and is not permitted regarding remote access to resources by staff and students in partner institutions.
Protection of Freedoms Bill Edges Closer to Becoming Law

The Protection of Freedoms Bill was read for the third time and passed by the House of Commons on 11 October 2011.  The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords.

Freedom of Information and Research - HE Guidance

The ICO has produced guidance to aid understanding and application of FOI legislation for higher education institutions with a particular focus on research information.

Preventing IPR Infringement in the Workplace

New IP guidance to enable businesses to protect their own IP and to respect the IP of others has been launched.

Expanding Access to Published Research Findings

A new working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research can be made more accessible.

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