Want a .law Domain Name?
The basic eligibility requirements for the new .law and .abogado top-level domains have been announced…
Intellectual Property
Facebook Acquisition of WhatsApp Approved
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook…
Sanctions against Russia: Alert for IT Businesses
The EU has formally enacted sanctions against Russia. They can affect IT companies and it is important to guard against breach. Brian Mulier and Roger Bickerstaff explain the current state of the EU sanctions and add a warning about the impact of the recent extension of the US sanctions for IT businesses….
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Addressing ‘New’ Challenges to ODR Implementation
Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In this third article in his series, he looks both at service channels and system design options before turning his attention to identity, confidentiality, privacy and security….
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Government Database Records and Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a French crime database system was in breach of Convention for storing information on individuals against whom proceedings have been dropped…
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iOS 8: Too Much Privacy?
I fear that Apple’s latest privacy policy may cause many problems…
SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law Programme – Module 6: Cloud Computing
James Henderson reports on the sixth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, which took place on 10 September 2014…
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Driving us from Distraction
David Flint ponders on, and worries about, the Internet of Things and self-driving cars…
Uber: TfL and the Taxonomy of Taximeters
Neil Brown examines the recent controversy over the taxi app ‘Uber’, and questions whether TfL’s decision in favour of Uber is a beneficial step for innovation….
Copyright: Digitising of Books
In a new judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a Member State may authorise libraries to digitise, without the consent of the rightholders, books they hold in their collection so as to make them available at electronic reading points. Subject to specified conditions, especially the payment of fair compensation to rightholders, such an authorisation may permit users to print out on paper or store on a USB stick the books digitised by the library….