links for 2007-03-14

Consultation launched on “modernisation and consolidation” of UK patent rules.

A well-referenced review of persisting privacy and confidentiality issues. by Dr Paul Thornton MPH, FRCGP.

Ahead of a vote on cross-border rights management, the International Federation of Music Publishers has been forced to withdraw a petition allegedly signed by 350 songwriters and composers after some signatories denied having signed it. Sound familiar?

A look at some of the pros and cons of a Google project that aims to digitise every book ever published.

Link to Electronic Frontier Foundation paper about the entertainment industry’s move to take copyright controls global, released this week.