Publishing & social media

User-generated Content and Defamation: New Judgment re Google’s Blogger.com

March 2, 2012

The High Court has given answers to some of the questions concerning liability for online defamation arising from alleged libel in comments attached to a post on Google’s Blogger.com. Was Google a publisher? Was it protected by the Defamation Act and/or the E-commerce Directive? Laurence Eastham summarises key points from the judgment….

Social Media – Time for a Firm-wide Policy?

February 28, 2012

In light of recent guidance for law firms from the Law Society, Laura Scaife looks at the need for a policy on social media…

CJEU Judgment in SABAM v Netlog

February 16, 2012

The CJEU rules that the owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system in order to prevent the unlawful use of protected works…

Funeral Music

February 10, 2012

You can’t take it with you – will my digital assets disappear in a puff of smoke? I offer a depressing musical journey and a plea for enlightenment….

The Future is Facebook?

February 7, 2012

Are emails and texts going to be supplanted by social media sites….

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Appy Talk

February 6, 2012

This article from Dr. Daithí Mac Síthigh on the regulation of apps, with its special focus on Apple’s own approach, gives the flavour of his much praised presentation at SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….

Disclosure of Username Data: Patel v Unite

February 1, 2012

The High Court has ordered a trade union to allow an independent expert access to their database and prepare a report for a claimant in an action involving allegedly defamatory postings on a forum….

Right to Be Forgotten vs Need to Be Remembered

January 31, 2012

Arnold Roosendaal asks if we are asking the right question about the so-called right to be forgotten: ‘Why are some organisations collecting so much information anyway?’ This article was written to summarise the issues raised in his talk at SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….

Processing Children’s Data

January 27, 2012

A new initiative that makes a lot of sense and a continuing dilemma that probably doesn’t…

Data Protection: Unlawful Processing and ICO Enforcement

January 25, 2012

In light of a recent High Court judgment, Dr Chris Pounder suggests that the ICO can enforce unlawful processing, including Article 8 breaches, contrary to its existing standard practice…