Simon Willison’s Weblog

The logo is still evolving, say designers. The Olympics logo is designed to be “hackable”—which is actually a great idea, but lawyers advised against unveiling that concept at the same time as the abstract shapes.

# 11th June 2007, 10:22 am / design, law, olympicslogo

New Dutch accessibility law. Sounds extremely forward thinking, designed by people who really understand the field. Just one problem: the guidelines are only available in Dutch!

# 16th January 2007, 12:59 pm / accessibility, dutch, guidelines, law, ppk

’National interest’ halts arms corruption inquiry. “It has been necessary to balance the need to maintain the rule of law against the wider public interest.”

# 15th December 2006, 2:09 pm / law, politics, scandal, uk

UK copyright law petition. New official petition system from MySociety.

# 14th November 2006, 11:38 am / law

Naked Law (via) A blog about technology law, written by actual lawyers.

# 5th July 2005, 3:33 pm / law

FOXSports.com’s ludicrous link policy. In brief: send our legal department a letter first.

# 17th August 2004, 5:44 pm / law