The Techlaw News Round-Up
A round-up of other techlaw news from over the Easter break not covered separately on the site…
Telecoms & the Internet
Legal Design Explained: Part 2 – Why do we do legal design?
In the second part of our four-part series looking at the principles and tools involved in legal design, Legal Design Engineer, Charlotte Baker, looks at why legal design is necessary….
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Schrödinger’s Cat, Einstein’s Dice and the Chandelier: A Novice’s Guide to Quantum Computers
Rebecca Keating, building on her talk at last year’s Annual Conference, offers a novice’s guide to some of the key concepts of quantum computing, how near we are to practical quantum computing and the implications for lawyers ….
Online Harms White Paper published
The Home Office and Department of Media, Culture and Sport have jointly published an Online Harms White Paper…
European Commission issues Statement of Objections over geoblocking of video games
The European Commission has issued a Statement of Objections to six video game companies, including Valve, owner of the Steam video game distribution platform….
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Techsplainer: The Code behind Cryptocurrency
In the first of a regular column explaining the terminology behind the tech, the SCL’s resident geek, Simon Forrester, looks at asymmetric keypairs and hashing and how they underpin cryptocurrencies….
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Space 2.0: regulating growth in the space industry
Christian Fahey looks to the stars and introduces the concept of Space 2.0, looking at the technological and regulatory changes the satellite communications industry is undergoing and how those changes could support and foster new technologies to underpin the UK’s role in that revolution….
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Controversial Copyright Directive agreed by European Parliament
The European Parliament has agreed the draft Copyright Directive in plenary session….
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The AG’s Opinion in Google France: would it provide a proper remedy?
Dr Paul Lambert wonders whether the AG’s recent opinion on the Google France case would, if followed, provide a proper remedy for victims of online abuse….
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Google fined €1.49 billion for anti-competitive practices in online advertising
European Commission fine represents 1.29% of Google’s 2018 turnover…
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