Mar

25

Moral panics

Filed Under Copyright

Last night in London the SCL welcomed William Patry - inter alia long-time author of 6,000 pages of Patry on Copyright, past Copyright Counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and currently Copyright Counsel to Google inc - to deliver its the annual lecture, “Crafting an effective Copyright Law”.
His central thesis is […]

By Nick Holmes, 25 March 2009

Mar

18

Not a problem

Filed Under Law publishing

Clay Shirky eloquently states the problem facing the newspaper industry:
People committed to saving newspapers [are] demanding to know “If the old model is broken, what will work in its place?” To which the answer is: Nothing. Nothing will work. There is no general model for newspapers to replace the one the internet just broke.
With the […]

By Nick Holmes, 18 March 2009

Mar

6

Internet Newsletter for Lawyers & Law 2.0 March/April issue

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In this issue:

Getting to grips with digital dictation by Sunil Radia
E-marketing for barristers – Part 2 by Gerald Newman
How to build an effective email list by Sue Bramall
SaaS for lawyers by Allan Carton
BAILII developments by Joe Ury
MyLawyer, Epoq and Rapidocs by Delia Venables
Nelsonsonline by Tim Hastings
A barrister in Morocco by Susan Machin
MacRoberts site breaks new […]

By Nick Holmes, 6 March 2009

Mar

3

The future law book is not a book

Filed Under ebooks

Considering whether we were experiencing the beginning of the end of print, I  ended my previous post with the prediction that the law text book would be the last print format left standing (after journals, law reports, looseleafs).
I stand by that. The printed (and bound) book is wonderful information package, designed 500 years ago […]

By Nick Holmes, 3 March 2009