Things I Hate about Twitter
I share my gripes about the wonderful Twitter…
Publishing & social media
Delfi v Estonia: Curtailing Online Freedom of Expression?
Lorna Woods takes a detailed look at the judgment in Delfi v Estonia and its implications…
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Whose Smart City is it Anyway?
In the latest in our series on Smart Cities, Marko Balabanovic and Paul Galwas focus on Environment to Consumer services and the use of spatio-temporal data. They consider that such information poses privacy risks, since people’s movements and interactions are so predictable and that cities that embrace privacy principles can build citizen trust by transparently addressing public concerns over data sharing in their ecosystems of third-party service providers….
The Last Mile: The Smart City Meets Social Innovation
In another in our series of articles on Smart Cities, Rob Procter describes a vision for the smart city – more open and more community focused than the norm…
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Smart Cities: The Built Environment as the Interface to Personal Data
In another in our series of articles focusing on Smart Cities, we are reminded that buildings are, rather obviously, a central ingredient of smart cities. Dr Holger Schnädelbach explains the less obvious: how data and technology are linked to the built environment…
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War on Google: Vestager Strikes Back
Matt Bogdan reviews the background to the latest Google competition law moves and assesses the chances of successful Commission action…
NOW That’s NOT What I Call Passing Off
The Supreme Court has ruled in a dispute concerning the use of services under the NOW TV title and has supported the view that goodwill is jurisdiction-based…
Cases Round-up
Internet Streaming and Broadcasters’ Rights The CJEU has ruled on a reference relating to the Infosoc Directive and communication to the public In Case C-279/13 C More Entertainment, a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden), the Court of Justice of the European Union had to consider issues surrounding the direct broadcast of…
eDisclosure: The Perfect ESI Storm
Deborah Blaxell examines the trends and forecasts a stormy outlook, which poses a real danger for those not properly prepared…
Book Review: Andrew Keen’s ‘The Internet Is Not The Answer’
Neil Brown reviews a book that takes a controversial view of the Internet…
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