Publications

published article, Society for Computers and Law website (members only): here. Article available here.

published peer-reviewed article, International Free and Open Source Software Law Review, Volume 2, Issue 1. Journal available here. Article available here.

I am speaking at the Society for Computers and Law lecture on open source software. Some details here, but more to follow.

I am speaking at the ITU's ICT Competencies Development in the Telecommunication and Education Sectors in Africa, to be held in Bujumbura, Burundi. I am talking about the eLLM, and the benefits of high-speed connections to online distance learning.

I am leading a roundtable session at the IBDG UK In-House Legal Counsel Strategy Meeting 2012, on the impact (or lack thereof) of the Digital Economy Act 2010.

I gave a paper at the 2011 Cyberspace conference at Masaryk University, Brno, in the Czech Republic, on law enforcement access to retained data — essentially an analysis of the current provisions of RIPA 2000, and some thoughts on the proposals under the Communications Capabilities Development Program. My slides and speaking notes are available here — please note they are just my notes, and not an article.

two presentations, one on open source in the mobile ecosystem, and one on applications stores and open source. (No slides)

presentation to the Guildford branch of the College of Law, helping students understand their options outside the more traditional "private practice" route. Presentation (PDF) here.

presentation to the University of Southampton's School of Law, helping students understand their options outside the more traditional "private practice" route. Presentation (PDF) here.

inaugural presentation to the Thames Valley branch of the Society for Computers and Law, on the concept of "free" (official announcement here) - the emergence and role of the public domain, and the challenges it faces. Presentation (PDF) here.

presentation to the London Young Lawyers' Group, helping students / junior lawyers understand their options outside the more traditional "private practice" route. Presentation (PDF) here.

presentation and discussion session to the UGC Conference 2010. Presentation (PDF) here.

presentation and discussion on the Digital Economy Acts (background / rationale, current status, next steps, possible future) to Corporate Counsel Forum Europe.

presentation to the Linux Foundation.

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Young Solicitors' Group. Flyer available here (PDF download), and presentation (redacted web version) available here (PDF download).

FSFE's Freedom Task Force's annual legal conference, Amsterdam. I will be talking about a number of issues raised on the FSFE FTF's mailing list over the last year, including (a) whether, under GNU GPL 2.0 and 3.0, one can refer to licence text via URL; (b) whether, under GNU GPL 2.0 and 3.0, one can refer a receipient of Covered Code to an online repository, or whether provision of code on a CD etc. is required, and, in each case, whether this obligation can be sub-contracted; and (c) intermediary liability, and the inclusion of Free software components in application stores. A copy of my presentation is available here.

an unplanned presentation to the eBusiness Regulatory Alliance, on the stifling effect of copyright on individual creativity, and the misconceived positioning of the Digital Economy Bill.

presentation to Olswang's "Open Source Summit".

FSFE's Freedom Task Force's annual legal conference, Amsterdam. A presentation of the work to date on the 'linking document' - a document setting out legal commentary on interprocess communication and data exchanges in software.

the disincentive of the intermediary liability exclusion: presentation to a range of stakeholders in online child protection work, Berlin.

eCommerce Law and Policy conference.