The CLA's digital 'law licence' enables law firms that hold existing licenses to access publishers' material to "supply single licensed copies" of that material in digital form to their clients under certain circumstances. The CLA said that the licence enables content to be shared from "thousands of e-books, online journals and free-to-view websites."
The licence allows law firms to send on a single copy of published material to "existing clients in connection with the provision of advice on matters" where the client has already engaged the law firm to act on its behalf. In addition a copy can be legitimately sent to clients who make "ad hoc requests" for information, providing the supply is "not as part of a continuing service or on a systematic basis."
Both prospective and existing clients of law firms can also be issued with a copy of copyrighted material under the terms of the CLA's licence "where the supply is intended to alert the prospective or existing client to some matter or issue on which further advice might be sought by the prospective or existing client or which is otherwise intended to solicit new business." However, this supply of the copyrighted works under those circumstances is again limited to "an ad hoc basis".
The licence also enables law firms to supply the publishers' material to existing clients, barristers, judicial advisers and court staff "in connection with the preparation, institution or prosecution or defence of legal proceedings or the giving of advice regarding any proceedings which may be contemplated or apprehended and to opposing legal advisers in such cases."
The law licence enables law firms to store digital copies of the copyrighted content on a "secure network" for up to 30 days generally, although some material will be able to be stored longer "if they are identified as being part of a project database being a database consisting mainly of documents, notes, letters, memoranda, e-mails and other electronic files related to a particular case or matter." The licence enables clients to access the material via the secure networks that law firms may use.
Publishers that have elected to make their material available for use under the law licence agreement include HarperCollins, Sage Publications Limited, Open University Press, the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the National Trust.
The CLA's business development manager Paul Maillardet told Out-Law.com that the licence could be used to "bolt on" to existing copyright licensing agreements that law firms may have with publishers.
"The law licence extends the digital rights that otherwise have not been available to law firms because content is being made more and more available on publishers' websites," Maillardet said. "It can be very difficult to know what the terms and conditions are for using copyrighted content, but under this licence publishers have agreed on a standard set of terms to help law firms understand what benefits they could benefit from."
In a statement Maillardet added that the licence terms had been "developed in consultation with the Law Society and City of London Law Society."
"As more and more content becomes available on websites and through digital subscriptions, the CLA Law Licence has been developed to ensure that firms are protected from the risk of copyright infringement by their employees in the form of ad hoc copying, scanning, storage or distribution of content. Without a licence or other statutory authority, even inadvertent infringement could potentially lead to damaging legal action," he said.
Source: www.out-law.com
Law thinks survival will be even tougher this time as search for players continues - This is Derbyshire
NICKY Law believes it will be even tougher to keep Alfreton Town in the Blue Square Bet Premier the second time around.
The Reds managed to avoid relegation in their first season in non-League's top flight, finishing 15th on the back of their promotion from the Blue Square Bet North.
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Alfreton boss Nicky Law.
Law is currently looking to strengthen his squad ahead of the 2012-13 campaign but has been shocked by players' wage demands and the lengths that some other clubs are willing to go to in order to land a new signing.
"The game has got bigger this year," said Law, whose top scorer last term, Nathan Jarman, has dropped a level to join Chester.
"There are lots of clubs, some of them not even at our level, chucking massive money at players.
"Some of the wages being offered are staggering.
"I am hearing of players picking up huge signing-on fees as well as appearance money and other add-ons.
"But that is an avenue we can't go down.
"It is definitely going to be harder to survive in the Conference Premier this time around but I am sure we will be ready to go once the season comes around."
Law has managed to retain the majority of his players from last season, while snapping up young midfielder Danny Meadows from Nottingham Forest following a successful loan spell at the Impact Arena.
His next priority is to recruit a goalkeeper, with chairman Wayne Bradley revealing the Reds had three targets in mind.
Alfreton's fixtures for the 2012-13 season are due to be released on Monday, July 2.
Meanwhile, Reds supporters have three weeks left to take advantage of the "early bird" season ticket prices.
Season tickets purchased up to and including June 30 are priced at £289 for adults and £194 for concessions (senior citizens and children aged 15 and under).
A 10-match ticket deal is also available for £150 for adults and £100 for concessions.
From July 1, prices rise to £310 and £206 for season tickets, with the 10-match deal going up by £10.
More information is available by contacting Lisa Towerzey on 01159 392090, extension 107.
ILKESTON have had to cancel their pre-season match with Shepshed Dynamo on Saturday, August 11.
Following Shepshed's relegation to the United Counties League, it has emerged that they will start their 2012-13 campaign two weeks before the Robins.
As a result, what would have been Ilkeston's final warm-up match has been called off, leaving boss Kevin Wilson looking for a replacement fixture.
Source: www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk
'Start the party!' says Sussex Cricketer Chris Nash - thisissussex.co.uk
"IT is the best time of year for a cricketer."
That is the view of Sussex cricketer Chris Nash as his county embarks on their T20 campaign next week.
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AWAY IT GOES: Chris Nash batting at T20 finals day at Edgbaston against Somerset Sabres in 2009 Photo by Andy Jones
Sussex will begin their quest to reach finals day with a visit to Tunbridge Wells to face Kent on Tuesday, before a return to Hove in front of the Sky television cameras for a home match with Hampshire on Thursday.
These are the first of ten fixtures for Sussex in the southern group, all of which are boxed into a month-long schedule.
And Nash said that is one of the best things about the competition this year.
He said: "It is an exciting month – it is the best time of year really.
"It is great for the fans and great for the players with big crowds and a really good atmosphere."
Nash said the length of the games and their action packed nature were obvious attractions to T20 cricket, adding that the competition offered a great introduction for those unfamiliar with the sport.
Meanwhile, Nash recalls Sussex's triumph in the Twenty20 Cup in 2009 with fond memories, adding that it was a "special moment" in his career.
He said: "It was a special time. Finals day is a great day – it is a long day, but it is a great feeling if you can win."
And Nash is hoping Sussex can make it to this season's finals day at Glamorgan's SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff, after reaching at least the quarter-finals in four of the last five seasons.
He said: "This is a great tournament and there is the added incentive of the Champions League now too.
"One-day cricket has been one of our strengths and hopefully we can do well again."
However, Nash said it would be tough, with several good sides in the southern group.
He said: "Historically, it has probably been the toughest group.
"A lot of the sides in the group have made it to finals day and it is arguably the strongest division so hardest to get out of.
"You would probably say that every team has a chance."
But with explosive hitters such as Luke Wright and Scott Styris in the Sussex side, Nash is confident of his side's chances.
He said: "We have got a lot of firepower in our batting and variety in our bowling.
"People like Gatts [Joe Gatting] and Matt Machan add a lot to the line-up, alongside Luke [Wright] and Scott Styris."
The T20 World Cup is also coming up later in the year – arguably giving this year's county competition added significance – although Nash is not looking beyond his county's own fortunes.
"You just have to try and win as many games as possible for your county," he said.
"I think you have to just go out and win your games and if anything comes as a result of that, then that is great."
Source: www.thisissussex.co.uk
What happens after health law ruling? - Port Huron Times-Herald
Since President Obama's health care law passed in 2010, the federal government, states, insurers, doctors and hospitals have been building a complex scaffolding to extend insurance to 30 million more Americans. The question is: Will the structure be completed, or dismantled?
A Supreme Court decision expected as early as Monday could eliminate a key plank of the law: the mandate that nearly everyone obtain insurance. The court also is weighing whether to strike down other sections of the new insurance marketplaces where 20 million people those already with individual policies and those seeking them are supposed to find health plans.
Already, 14 states including California, Colorado and West Virginia have authorized the creation of online "exchanges" where, starting in 2014, those who aren't covered by employers can buy insurance. In addition, doctors, hospitals and insurers have been changing the way they do business as they prepare for an influx of customers and new incentives that reward more coordination between healers, more preventative care and financial penalties on poor performers.
"The train is really well out of the station at this point," says Sara Collins, a vice president at the Commonwealth Fund, a health foundation in New York City.
The justices also will decide whether to block the government from broadening the federal-state Medicaid program to cover 17 million additional people, the program's greatest expansion since it was created a half-century ago.
The court decision could affect millions of Americans, including:
People without insurance. By the year 2021, 39 million Americans would lack health insurance if the justices overturn the mandate to obtain insurance, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. That would be 16 million more people than if the justices leave the law intact, the CBO says.
People who currently can't get insurance on the open market because they have ailments that make insurers either refuse to cover them or charge them a higher rate than healthy people. The law requires that insurers accept all applicants.
Young adults covered under their parents' policies, as well as very sick people who now have limited coverage that has left them with huge medical expenses. The law has already required that insurers must allow families to keep covering offspring up to age 26, and it banned insurers from placing limits on the maximum amounts they would pay for anyone's care.
Those looking for affordable health coverage in exchanges. RAND Corp., a Santa Monica, Calif., think tank, says premiums would rise 2.4% if the justices nix the mandate but leave the rest of the law in place.
Experts say it's impossible to predict what the court will do, given the range of potential options outlined in court pleadings. The justices could leave the law intact or strike down just the mandate. They might eliminate the rule that limits how much more insurers can charge older people than they do younger folks, or the rule requiring plans to accept customers regardless of health.
Or the justices could strike down larger sections of the law that include financial subsidies, averaging $4,780, that would help lower income people buy coverage in the exchanges. They could get rid of the Medicaid expansion. Finally, they could throw out the entire law.
Experts on both sides of the debate agree the mandate is the most legally vulnerable piece, but disagree about how crucial it is to making the insurance markets work.
Sabrina Corlette, a professor at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute in Washington who supports the law, says that if the court strikes down the mandate, it "would be quite chaotic and disruptive" because healthy people are less likely to join the health insurance pools. If the court strikes down the broader insurance rules for the exchanges, she says, "then we're back to the status quo of people being denied because they have preexisting conditions, or being told because they have cancer they'll be charged 26 times that of a healthy person."
Joseph Antos of the American Enterprise Institute, who opposes the law, says the mandate's importance has been exaggerated, especially given the weakness of the penalties for people who don't get coverage. Those start at $95 in 2014 and rise to 2.5% of income by 2016, but there are multiple ways people could be exempted, he says. "I just don't see the insurance market collapsing" if the court strikes down the mandate or other parts of the law, Antos says. He predicts insurers would keep some popular provisions that have already begun, such as family coverage for dependents up to age 26.
The law's ultimate future may rest with whichever party wins the White House and Congress in November, says Charlene Frizzera, a health care consultant and former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he would dismantle the law. If Obama is re-elected but the court strikes the insurance mandate, his administration would have a number of ways to write rules that prod people to get insurance, such as charging more to people who wait until they are sick to sign up.
Copyright 2012 USA TODAY
Source: www.thetimesherald.com
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