Simon Vallor has been sentenced to two years in prison for writing and releasing the Gokar and other viruses. Before we join the jubilation of the computer security industry, should we not ask some questions?a) Our judicial leaders urge that space in our overcrowded prisons be reserved for those who are violent or unreformable. Would…
Service Credits and Penalties: What Exactly is the Position?
Richard Stephens, Partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse, gives a detailed guide to service credits and penalties….
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Does Your Domain Name Suck?
Anna Feros of Shepherd & Wedderburn looks at the WIPO attitude to the use of ‘sucks’ domain names, particularly in the light of a recent ruling on a complaint from ASDA….
A Day in the Life… of a Computer Investigator
Gordon Stevenson, managing director of Vogon International Ltd, gives an account of his day….
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Targus Stowaway Keyboard for Compaq iPAQ
Ian Jeffery of Lewis Silkin reviews his favourite computer peripheral….
Bath 2002 – Mine’s a Hot One
Paul Berwin reviews the SCL IT Law Review, held at Bath on 8-9 November 2002….
SCL IT Award Finalists
The shortlist for the SCL IT Award has been announced. Laurence Eastham contacted the runners; he gives a brief description of each and comments on their chances for those stopping off at Ladbrokes on the way to the ceremony….
Dinner in Honour of Alan Brakefield
After 29 years as Treasurer of the Society for Computers & Law, Alan Brakefield is retiring from that post. A dinner was held in his honour at the House of Lords on Tuesday 17 December….
The e-Summit
On 19 September 2002, over 400 delegates gathered in London for the e-Summit organised by the Office of the e-Envoy. The e-Summit was presented as the first event of its kind by Jeremy Vine of BBC’s Newsnight, who acted as host for the day. The aim of this meticulously organised and spectacularly staged event was…
Letter to the Editor
I thought Ben Coppin’s article on the online sale of prescription drugs (C&L 13/4) was very interesting but the assertion that the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) has not prosecuted a single case under the Medicines Act 1968 is not correct. The site www.mca.gov.uk/ourwork/enforcemedleg/prosecutions.htm contains details of the recent prosecutions brought by the MCA. The MCA…