The Devil is in the Detail
Apparently, nobody reads online terms and conditions. So why are you wasting your time drafting them properly?…
Intellectual Property
Data Protection and Three Strikes in Ireland
A very interesting High Court judgment in Ireland has tackled the data protection implications of ISPs sharing data for the purpose of limiting illegal file-sharing…
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Digital Economy Act Published
The Digital Economy Act 2010 has now been published…
Libel, Blogging and Immunity
Clive Freedman reports on a new case that addresses the liability of the operator of a blog with multiple contributors where one of the posts is libellous. To what extent is immunity as an information society service provider available?…
Digital Economy Act: Online Infringement and Cost-Sharing Consultation
The BIS has issued a new consultation on Online Infringement of Copyright (Initial Obligations) Cost-Sharing and SCL is preparing to respond…
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Google AdWords: Free Rein to Search Engines?
Julia Hörnle reports on the Court of Justice judgment in the Google AdWords case but questions whether the judgment gives quite as much freedom to Google as some have suggested….
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First PCC Censure for a Blog Post
The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint about an entry by Rod Liddle in his blog for the Spectator….
Copyright Infringement and Intermediaries: Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin
The High Court has found that a company which indexes and collates media files is liable for authorising infringement. The judgment casts an interesting light on the role of many service providers who claim to be merely passive elements in the copyright infringement process and ‘content agnostic’….
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Newzbin and the Digital Economy Bill
Members of the Motion Picture Association had a big win in the High Court this week. And then asked themselves an interesting question….
Internet Libel: Archive, Context and Snippets
An action for libel was struck out where the original article was archived and could be read only in the context of later pieces which removed any sting. Moreover, it was held that a publisher could not be liable if a Google search snippet was defamatory when the original material from which it was derived was not….
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