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NOAA's Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) Twig Science Films Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Sea Grant > Home The WWW Virtual Library Educational Partnership Program Encyclopedia Britannica US Abuses Copyright and Extradition Law: UK Acquiesces Subscribe to this blog About Author Glyn Moody's look at all levels of the enterprise open source stack. The blog will look at the organisations that are embracing open source, old and new alike (start-ups welcome), and the communities of users and developers that have formed around them (or not, as the case may be). Contact Author Email Glyn Twitter Profile Linked-in Profile If you want a vision of the world of global repression and bullying that copyright maximalists are striving to create, try this: A Sheffield student is facing up to five years in jail if convicted in America for a website which provided links to movie clips. Let's just look at the component parts of this story. First, the website was run by a UK national, and hosted in the UK. “The essential contention is that the correct forum for this trial is in fact here in Britain, where he was at all times.” So what would the situation be here in the UK? Lawyers have presented their final arguments in the trial of Alan Ellis.
Copyright row looms for NHS - Scotsman.com News AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by a publishing watchdog after NHS Scotland decided to allow its copyright licence to expire. The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) has called for NHS staff to inform them if any breaches of licensing are made. They are offering informers rewards of up to 100,000 for information. It comes after NHS Scotland and the Scottish Government decided to terminate their licence with CLA, which allowed freedom to photocopy and scan technical and medical journals and books. Mat Pfleger, UK sales and marketing director of the CLA, said: "The reason we are deploying a whistleblowing campaign reflects the approach the Scottish Government is taking. "We believe the advice it is issuing to NHS Scotland staff on what they can and cannot copy is incorrect. "And we believe it could potentially result in copyright infringement." It is understood legal action is already being pursued on the matter.
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