Life After Grokster
Maureen Daly analyses the varying approaches to the battle against unlawful file sharing and developments on this front in a number of jurisdictions….
Intellectual Property
The Reynolds Public Interest Defence
Andrew Joyce gives his illuminating account of the recent House of Lords judgment in Jameel v Wall Street Journal. This is a case which has a real impact on all engaged in responsible journalism, whether online or in print. But online publishers, driven by new time constraints and with worldwide vulnerability for defamation, must pay it special attention….
Computer Expert Witness?
A recent case before the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) gives a surprisingly wide interpretation of expert witness on the operation of a computer system….
IT Contracts in the Public Sector
Prior to the forthcoming SCL Conference, Public Sector-Private Challenge, Clive Davies offers a wide-ranging analysis of the complex developments in public sector IT contracting….
Whither (or Wither?) the Technology Lawyer?
Rory Graham modestly subtitled his article ‘Musings of a General Practitioner’. This article comes from one of the leading practitioners of IT law and may well provoke debate amongst SCL’s membership….
E-money and Prepaid Debit Cards
Yuban Moodley examines the latest common method of payment and considers the problems associated with them….
Distance Selling
Helen Hart reviews the latest guidance from the DTI and OFT on complying with the distance selling legislation and a European Commission report on implementation of the Distance Selling Directive….
Shared Services: Hit or Miss?
Viv Nissanka recognises the pressure to engage with the shared services philosophy and explains what it is all about….
Personal Internet Security: SCL Evidence for the Lords
SCL has organised a meeting to help inform its evidence to the Broers Committee on personal internet security….
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Google News: Belgian Court Ruling
Laurie Kaye reports on a new development in an ongoing saga and asks ‘When is a search engine not a search engine?’ Apparently, the answer is ‘when it’s a publisher’….