Book Review: Data Protection Law & Practice
Kuan Hon reviews the latest edition of Data Protection Law & Practice by Rosemary Jay (4th edition (2012), Sweet & Maxwell (hardcover), £245)…
Intellectual Property
Access to E-mails: Court of Appeal Judgment in Fairstar
The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of Fairstar against the High Court ruling that it had no right to disclosure of e-mails held by its former chief executive…
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Porn Block: Infantilising Teens?
I cannot find a comfortable position on this one but I have one special worry…
High Court Dams the Goal Stream
The FA Premier League has succeeded in its attempt to get the UK’s leading ISPs to block a site streaming sports coverage in breach of copyright…
Public Sector IT: A Template for Digital Catastrophe
In the light of yet another cancelled public sector IT project – this time the BBC’s new content management system – Rory Graham takes a personal look at why so many public sector technology deals go wrong, and what needs to change….
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TOR: ‘Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate’
Simon Worthy offers a view on the dangers of TOR and the perceived inadequacies of reaction to the dangers it seems willingly to embrace. Whether it is really Dantesque and whether all hope should be abandoned is a matter that SCL members may wish to debate….
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SCL Meeting Report: Back to Basics: IP for IT Lawyers
James Smith reports on the SCL Seminar held at Speechly Bircham on 26 June 2013…
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A Common Story: Software Developer Loses Rights
Michael Wigley looks at a recent High Court judgment and the lessons that flow from it…
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No ‘Stay Down’ Obligation for Hosting Providers in France
Christelle Coslin and Christine Gateau explain the significance of important 2012 judgments in the French Supreme Court, which ruled that there is no obligation on hosting providers in France to ensure that notified content is not later re-posted online by its users…
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Editorial
It has been the best of times; it has been the worst of times. On the one hand, we have had moves towards open data that saw the G8 leaders sign up to the Open Data Charter, some very positive Government responses to the Shakespeare Review of Public Sector Information and impressive commitments to co-operative…