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April 27, 2007

e-Research conference

The QUT e-Research project will hold a Legal Framework for e-Research Conference from 11th-12th July on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

This
conference aims to analyse the legal framework necessary to ensure the
effective take up of e-Research techniques in Australia. The conference
program will address issues, including:

  • Research contracts
  • Data sharing
  • Patent licensing
  • Privacy

More information

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Posted 27th April 2007 by David Jacobson in Legal

April 15, 2007

Australian law blogs

As part of my preparation for a recent talk, I looked at what Australian law blogs were out there: they are mostly IP related but are published by a range of practitioners, academics and students. But no big law firms.

Here’s my list here.

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Posted 15th April 2007 by David Jacobson in Weblogs

April 2, 2007

Open content licensing and creative commons

The QUT Creative Commons and Open Content Licensing conference in January 2005 brought together leading thinkers on the internet, law and the importance of open content licensing in the digital age. (see my posts on Day 1 and Day 2 and video streams of the conference).

Drawing on the material presented Sydney University Press has now published Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons, edited by conference convenor Professor Brian Fitzgerald.

It is an excellent resource not just on legal issues but also for case studies on projects as disparate as art, education and gaming.

Both the hardcopy and the electronic version of the book have been published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives licence.

A PDF of the entire work can be downloaded for free from the QUT e-Prints Archive. Individual chapters can be downloaded here.

via The House of Commons.

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Posted 2nd April 2007 by David Jacobson in Legal, Web/Tech

April 1, 2007

Australian online legal services

I attended Simon Lewis’ Sinch Online Legal Services Conference 2007 last Thursday.

My overall impression is that there are a number of Australian lawyers actively using the web to deliver their services, whether to consumers, businesses, governments or to other lawyers and accountants. Some are at an early stage while others are well advanced.

There was vibrant discussion about business models and billing methods as well as technology.

Presenters and case studies discussed included:

Thank you Simon for organising this forum.

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Posted 1st April 2007 by David Jacobson in Legal, Web/Tech