Can SCL members with greater expertise improve our coverage of developments in Ireland?…
Has the ICO Swung behind Opt-outs in Behavioural Advertising?
The debate about the protection of individual privacy on the Internet could be about to take a new twist with the apparent removal of a statement supporting an opt-in regime for online behavioural advertising (OBA) from the website of the Information Commissioner’s Office….
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Cybersquatting Record
WIPO has revealed that 2008 was a record year for cybersquatting disputes and has expressed concern about the forthcoming new gTLDs….
Showdown! ISPs and the Music Industry in Ireland
The Eircom settlement with IRMA was not the end of conflict over online privileges and copyright theft. The ISPAI has issued a strong statement, which suggests that it will fight any attempt to turn it into an enforcement arm for the music industry….
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Internet Libel: No Single Publication Rule
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected an application by The Times, which sought to show that the English law on Internet publication interfered with the right to freedom of expression and that a US-style single publication rule should be imposed….
Bulgarian Legal Information Systems
Was the latest case in the European Court of Justice on database right open and shut? Maybe it wasn’t as obvious a breach as it seems at first sight….
Internet Libel: Sympathy for the Devil
It is tempting to condemn the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on Internet libel as a missed opportunity. But if they had gone the other way, what remedies might be left to the defamed?…
Database Right: ECJ Ruling on Extraction
The European Court of Justice has given judgment on a reference from Bulgaria on the legal protection of databases….
Computer Patents: Your Views Wanted
Setting the scene and seeking views…
Copyright Smugness
Thoughts on the Government response to the EC’s copyright Green Paper…