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| Special Feature |
- Neither East Nor West, Is Mid-West
Best?
Roger Brownsword, pp.15-33
This article is a follow-up on
the paper entitled “Code, Control, and Choice: Why East is East and West
is West”, published in Legal Studies in 2005. The current article was
first presented at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, in
February 2006.
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| Peer-reviewed
articles |
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Implementing
Pseudonymity
Miranda Mowbray, pp.34-44
I will give an overview
of some technologies that enable pseudonymity - allowing
individuals to reveal or prove information about themselves to
others without revealing their full identity. I will describe some
functionalities relating to pseudonymity that can be implemented,
and some that cannot. My intention is to present enough of the
mathematics that underlies technology for pseudonymity to show
that it is indeed possible to implement some functionalities that
at first glance may appear impossible. In particular, I will show
that several of the intended functions of the UK national ID could
be provided in a pseudonymous fashion, allowing greater privacy. I
will also outline some technology developed at HP Labs which
ensures that users’ personal data is released only to software
that has been checked to conform to their preferred privacy
policies.
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Beyond Oil on Canvas: New Media and
Presentation Formats Challenge International Copyright Law’s
Ability to Protect the Interests of the Contemporary Artist
Molly Ann Torsen, pp.45-70
Current copyright laws in
all jurisdictions are lacking explicit provisions for protecting
many types of contemporary art. It remains unclear to what extent
ideas should be copyrightable as art, if at all; or whether an
artwork’s commercial nature provides a decisive factor regarding
appropriation. Certain situations seem plainly inappropriate, such
as artists needing to seek legal counsel in conjunction with
creating their artwork: inappropriate in its financial
extravagance and in its inevitable curb on creativity. As such, it
is incumbent upon courts and legislatures to analyze the issue and
to provide guidance. It is the author’s finding that strong moral
rights and a vibrant public domain are not necessarily at odds
with each other, especially when parties are open to
communication. Laws operate to provide structure when parties do
not make other arrangements amongst themselves; contracts between
artists and galleries, artists and publishers, even artists and
other artists may provide the highest degree of satisfaction for
specific parties to a specific situation. Not surprisingly,
parties with legal or business interests in art and parties with
artistic interests in art would communicate better if they
understood each other’s situations. Hopefully the issues will
continue to be the focus of some thought on all platforms such
that informed legal decisions can be made and artists can pursue
and protect their creative productions, no matter their format.
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| Analysis |
- Data Protection: Too Personal to
protect?
Mark J Taylor, pp.71-81
This article analyses the
application of data protection legislation to sensitive personal data,
particularly to genetic data, and asks whether the present framework may
be adequate to respond to the very sensitive issues involved.
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