Monthly Archive for September, 2006

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Coming soon. Art and copyright 2

By NL on 11/09/2006. 0 Comments

For anyone who gives the demotic simian’s whatever, part 2 will be along in a while, possibly next weekend. As might reflections on some strange effects of homelessness law and a couple of very sub John Mortimer anecdotes on Counsel.

Sorry. I’ve been extremely busy, but there is light somewhere ahead.

In the meantime, has Charles Clarke been at the monkey glands?

And is the Legal Help Scheme to be set at a fixed price that will simply make it impossible to do any useful work under it at all?

The answers are apparently and definitely respectively.

I have no idea what lessons should be drawn from Clarke’s expectoruption, but … Read the full post

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This week I'm mostly not happy because…

By NL on 07/09/2006. 0 Comments

trial bundles = last train home, repeatedly.

Roll on digital documents. A quick PDF merge and auto index would spare a lot of time.

It is at points like this I find myself thinking that surely there is a junior available to do this donkey work, until I recall that I am that junior. Damn. At least the trial should be interesting.… Read the full post

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In the red corner, art, in the blue corner, copyright.

By NL on 03/09/2006. 0 Comments

Table of contents for Art and Copyright

  1. In the red corner, art, in the blue corner, copyright.
  2. Art and copyright 2

For reasons unconnected with work, I have been taking a stroll through IP law lately, particularly copyright. As I mentioned before, my previous career was art related and, although I knew something of the history of copyright, I have been struck by what seems to be a fundamental incompatibility between contemporary art practices and copyright statute and case law as it applies to art. (By art, I mean what were once called the plastic arts, or sometimes visual art, and is now just Art – best defined by what … Read the full post

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