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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
7 August 2012
Second-hand software – a legitimate aftermarket and the SAAS bandwagon
A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice has changed the landscape for software suppliers and users.
In general terms, it now seems that if you grant a perpetual licence to a licensee either by installation or download, the licensee will be free to transfer the licence to a third party buyer even if the licence was clearly expressed to be “non-transferable”.
17 July 2012
Virtual currency in gaming - could regulatory law change the rules?
The precise placement of the boundary line between gaming and gambling is a matter that inevitably provokes strong reactions from operators, lawyers and legislators. The classification of an activity as falling into either camp carries not only social connotations, but also very real legal and regulatory implications.
2 July 2012
Domain names reveal day: .blog .book .love...
As you may have read in the technological and general press, the internet’s governing body, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has developed the new generic Top-Level Domain Program (gTLD). Their stated aim is “to increase competition and choice by introducing new gTLDs into the Internet’s addressing system” or in ordinary language, to open up the availability of domain names for purchase.