ACTA: EDPS Opinion Warns of Dangers
ACTA’s measures to enforce IP rights in the digital environment could threaten privacy and data protection if not properly implemented according to the European Data Protection Supervisor…
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CPD Online: April / May 2012 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
Questions arising from the April / May 2012 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL23 – 1 hour 30 minutes…
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E-disclosure: The Wood for the Trees
Charles Holloway considers some of the current areas of controversy surrounding the use of predictive coding. This article is an edited version of a post which appeared recently on the Millnet Smart E-Discovery Blog….
Editorial
Given that the IT industry is, almost by definition, innovative and thirsty for new challenges, it seems somewhat surprising that the ‘new cookies law’ provokes what authors in this issue describe as gasps of horror. It is a surprise partly because the so-called cookies law is not really ‘new’ anymore. It derives from a 2009…
Online Supplement to April / May 2012 issue
These are pdfs of some of the articles that we could not quite fit into the magazine this time around through lack of space. These articles may be included in a later issue….
Resale of Software Licences: Advocate General’s Opinion
According to the Advocate General, creators of computer programs may oppose the resale of ‘used’ licences which allow their programs to be downloaded from the Internet again. However, he suggests that they may not oppose the resale of ‘used’ copies, downloaded by their own customers from the Internet, given that their exclusive right of distribution relating to those copies is ‘exhausted’….
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G-Cloud v1: Cloud Legal Project’s Analysis
QMUL’s Cloud Legal Project has released its analysis of the UK G-Cloud v1 and highlights key cloud issues…
Microsoft and Facebook in Patents Deal
It has been announced that Microsoft and Facebook have reached an agreement on the sale of some of Microsoft’s recently acquired patens – those bought from AOL…
Report of Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Child Protection
A Parliamentary Inquiry has concluded that ISPs need to be more pro-active in encouraging the protection of children from accessing harmful content…
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Internet Libel and Amazon’s Immunity
A recent Internet libel case highlights the extensive reach of ‘immunity’ for information services providers. Laurence Eastham attempts to pick out the more interesting aspects of a 99-paragraph judgment….