Technology Law

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 15th Apr 2006 17:00 UTC (OS News)

4 Jul 2008

When Sun trumpeted its 'open source DRM' last month, no one at first noticed an unusual name amongst the canned quotes . Lending his support to the rights enforcement technology was Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation board member, and Software Freedom Law Center director, Professor Lawrence Lessig.

We Know What You've Been Watching on YouTube (NPR)

4 Jul 2008

A court has ordered Google to turn over a database that links users to every video they've watched on the popular Web site YouTube. Jennifer Urban, director of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, says the ruling has big implications for online privacy.

Ghana: Review Financial Loss Law (AllAfrica.com)

4 Jul 2008

Much to the surprise of even members of his party, Hon. Dan Abodakpi, the ex-Minister of Trade and Industry, has called for an amendment of the controversial law of Willfully Causing Financial Loss to the State, the very law that sent him to a 10-year jail term.