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….
Read More… from TOR: ‘Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate’
James Smith reports on the SCL Seminar held at Speechly Bircham on 26 June 2013…
Read More… from SCL Meeting Report: Back to Basics: IP for IT Lawyers
Read the latest Information Commissioner’s Office statement on the steps it is taking with regard to enforcement and some additional detail on the matters of concern…
Michael Wigley looks at a recent High Court judgment and the lessons that flow from it…
Read More… from A Common Story: Software Developer Loses Rights
The next time you find yourself complaining that e-mails seem to take forever to arrive, keep in mind that this may actually be true – at least from a legal perspective. Joel Harrison looks at the implications of a recent Court of Appeal judgment….
The OFT has launched a call for information into supply of Government ICT services…
Read More… from Public Sector ICT: OFT Shows Interest amid Competition Concerns
The Law Commission is seeking views on whether social media in a criminal law context is worthy of its attention…
Read More… from Law Commission: Social Media and the Criminal Law
Questions arising from the June/July 2013 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC5 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
Read More… from CPD Online: June / July 2013 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
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…
Read More… from No ‘Stay Down’ Obligation for Hosting Providers in France
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…