Nick Holmes describes the origins of a dream and the steps taken to turn it into a reality…
Unticking the Boxes – should IT laws comply with a post-crunch ethos?
In a thought-provoking piece arising from last year’s SCL Policy Forum, Graham Smith challenges some assumptions, queries a number of assertions and analyses the legislative approach that gives us most of our IT law. But he offers little hope for a future of better legislation in the field….
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EDS found liable to pay Sky damages for fraud
Duncan McCall QC and George Woods from 4 Pump Court give an introductory note on the judgment….
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Professor Ian Walden’s Inaugural Lecture: Porn, Pipes and the State – 3 February 2010
The highly respected IT law expert Ian Walden is now a Professor at Queen Mary University of London and is to give his inaugural lecture on 3 February….
How To Make Bad Law
Professor Chris Reed draws some lessons from the experience of law-making in the computing and communications sector. He suggests that a focus on technical precision has given us some pretty bad law….
Paddling in Shark-infested Waters
There are sharks on the Internet and you have to know how to avoid them or keep out of the water….
BSkyB v EDS – Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claims Partially Upheld – £200 Million Damages Award Anticipated
The long-awaited judgment in BSkyB v EDS was handed down on 26 January 2010….
Criminal Prosecution and Online Copyright Infringement
Mikko Manner considers the utilization of criminal prosecution against copyright infringement in the context of online distribution services by specific reference to The Pirate Bay…
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India: Forum Shopping and Web Presence
Ranjan Narula and Raka Roy consider the implications of a ruling in the Delhi High Court where the Court tried to set out a specific guideline on resolving jurisdictional issues arising in online transactions….
The British Problem (with computer program patents)
Jonathan Palmer reviews an uncomfortable history and looks to an interesting future, while creating his very own patentability scale….
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