rights
RSS rightsEurope: Brace yourself for a telecoms overhaul
News The European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers have reached a compromise over the rights of internet users continent-wide, setting Europe on course for a major overhaul of telecoms regulations. [05 Nov 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment Amazon discovered that a third-party publisher had added the novels to Amazon's library without having secured the necessary licensing rights to sell them. At this time it started to work with major university libraries... [27 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Unlike workers in the US, employees in the UK do have an expectation of privacy in the workplace, and if you fail to follow best practice you could find your organisation on the wrong side of the law: under Article 8 of the Convention on... [22 Oct 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets ready to go Worldwide
News It could also carry non-BBC shows that BBC Worldwide already has rights to air on BBC America. BBC Worldwide has confirmed it wants to launch an iPlayer-style paid-for video platform, allowing viewers overseas access to... [12 Oct 2009]
Mark Zuckerberg
AS Profile It was forced to back down from a policy where it held perpetual rights to content uploaded by users in February. As founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg topped the Agenda Setters list in 2007 after the social... [08 Oct 2009]
Niklas Zennström
AS Profile If you thought that wasn't enough, there's a CSR angle too, in the form of Zennström Philanthropies, another company he co-founded which supports work on human rights, combating climate change and encouraging social... [08 Oct 2009]
Achieving Federal Desktop Core Configuration Compliance (FDCC) with Lumension® Solutions
White Paper The FDCC specific configuration requirements are generally based on the "Principle of Least Privilege" restricting user and machine rights. The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) is an Office of Management and... [02 Oct 2009]
CoSign Digital Signatures and HIPAA
White Paper It's designed to protect patient rights, and simplify the process of passing authorized information from one approved industry entity to another. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 19961) is a... [02 Oct 2009]
SafeNet Keeps Sports Analysis in the 'Zone'
White Paper The challenge was that it required a licensing solution to allow protection of usage rights. ProZone Group, based in the UK, develops the most accurate and comprehensive sports analysis software used by leading sports... [01 Oct 2009]
The Build Vs. Buy Dilemma: Exploring the True Costs of Developing Your Own Software Protection and Licensing System
White Paper The presenters will discuss piracy and use real life examples and TCO analysis to discuss the challenges of building own software security and licensing infrastructure versus purchasing a comprehensive software rights... [01 Oct 2009]
Tom Steinberg
AS Profile Steinberg is the director of mySociety, a not-for-profit, open source organisation that set up the TheyWorkForYou website, which uses the official parliamentary record to chart what MPs say and do.mySociety's portfolio of websites are... [30 Sep 2009]
iPhone coming to Orange as Apple ends its mobile monogamy
News The iPhone is coming to Orange in the UK - ending two years of exclusivity with O2. O2 will continue to sell the iPhone 3G and its faster brother the 3G S but both devices will also be available to customers on Orange's network, starting... [28 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The turntable spins on
Comment Ten years ago a 19-year-old Shawn Fanning launched Napster and music file-sharing; and the property rights war has been raging ever since. The music industry has wasted millions on intellectual property battles and... [24 Sep 2009]
New Communications Capabilities Help Human Rights Campaigners to Help Others
White Paper Amnesty International's Irish Section faced a situation that its main office building was about to undergo an extensive 15-month refurbishment, which meant moving into temporary offices for an extended period. [19 Sep 2009]
Tories: We will end the database state
News In a policy paper published on Wednesday, the Tories call for stricter access rights to information stored on government databases and for fewer databases altogether. The Conservatives have said they will cut back on... [17 Sep 2009]
