This piece from Lorraine Chimbga was a runner-up in the SCL Student Essay Prize competition. It addressed the following topic (from a range of suggested topics): To what extent should the functionality, as opposed to the source code, of computer programs be protected by copyright….
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This piece from Rebecca Keating was a runner-up in the SCL Student Essay Prize competition. It addressed the following topic (from a range of suggested topics): Analyse the key legal issues which might hinder the so-called “Internet of Things”, and offer comments on how these might be overcome….
IFCLA Vice-President Roger Bickerstaff looks back at some of the take-aways from last week’s successful IFCLA Conference, which was organised and hosted by SCL, and seeks your thoughts on some of the issues raised…
David Chaplin reflects his personal reaction to the IFCLA Conference 2016 and reports on the many varied sessions…
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Mischa Dohler gave a thought-provoking keynote at the IFCLA Conference 2016 and this article reflects the issues he raised there. For those who attended IFCLA 2016, it is a timely reminder not to stop thinking about the larger issues now they are back at the day job; for those who missed the Conference, it gives a sense of what they missed….
Martin von Haller Groenbaek looks at some of the basic issues concerning smart contracts. Martin is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic ‘Virtual Currencies and other Blockchain Environments’…
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John Beardwood and Mark Bowman offer some insights from a Canadian perspective into the impact of the IoT on privacy in an extract from a much longer paper The Internet of Things and Privacy: An Analytic Framework. This extract tackles one of the crucial issues. The full paper may be downloaded as a pdf from the panel opposite. John Beardwood is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016….
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Chris James gives us a tour of the IoT and highlights the many security threats lurking within it. Chris is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016…
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Simon Deane-Johns considers the interaction between technology and humans and, focusing on FinTech, looks at his hopes for innovation…
The remaining articles from the IFCLA Conference Special Issue of Computers & Law are now available online, as are its associated epub and, for SCL members, the online CPD…