Computer Fraud in Ireland
Pearse Ryan and Andrew Harbison discuss the law on computer fraud in Ireland and the law of dishonesty associated with it. The article casts considerable light on the practical realities of computer crime….
Intellectual Property
SCL Conference: Supporting the Foundations
SCL’s Annual Conference on 15 and 16 October will be focusing on software. It will consider many of the issues of central concern to IT lawyers. Laurence Eastham reviews the Conference programme….
IT Lawyers’ Cases in Brief
Laurence Eastham summarises some of the judgments which have been published in the last two months and which are of interest to IT lawyers….
Editorial
This issue has two striking features: the preponderance of case reports and analysis and the contributions to policy formation from SCL represented by the cost-sharing response and the first Society for Computers and Law Policy Document. Cases What does it say about IT law that we can have no less than six articles devoted to…
Mobile Madness
With a wave of iPad mania sweeping through law firms, Martin Telfer looks at the explosion of interest in the latest mobile solutions and what it means for IT professionals in law firms….
Software Review: StyleWriter v4
Plain English consultant Daphne Perry reviews the latest StyleWriter style-checker software….
Domain Name Registration: The Court of Justice and .eu
The Court of Justice has considered the revocation of .eu domain name registrations and evidence of bad faith in registration…
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Internet Gambling and EU Freedom to Trade
The Court of Justice has again supported legislation designed to create a national monopoly on gambling…
Ofcom Consults on Code for ISPs’ Copyright Infringement Obligations
Ofcom has published its draft code of practice under the Digital Economy Act 2010 relating to online copyright infringement….
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SCL Policy Document: Digital Music and Online Intermediaries
SCL has adopted a policy paper from Professor Chris Reed and Berna Akcali Gur as an official SCL Policy Document…
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