According to a Curia press release, the ECJ has ruled that circumventing a protection system of a games console may, in certain circumstances, be lawful and that the manufacturer of the console is protected against circumvention only in the case where the protection measures seek to prevent illegal use of games…
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Richard Osborne considers the issues that arose in a fascinating recent High Court case, where one party sought an interim injunction to stop the other from terminating a contract…
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Paul McMahon reports on the second module in the SCL’s ground-breaking Foundations of IT Law Programme, an event which took place at Bird & Bird on 16 January 2014….
Read More… from SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law – Module 2: Internet Law
Kuan Hon examines the best approach to take when applying data protection rules in a cloud computing context. She argues that the current EU focus on location is inappropriate and that logical control is what counts….
Read More… from Cloud Computing: Geography or Technology – Virtualisation and Control
Lucy Kilshaw , Susan Barty and Fionnuala Dorrity look at the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Innoweb v Wegener…
Is the EU Commission’s consultation on copyright the one that really matters?…
With most High Streets largely made up of betting shops and the Government intent on encouraging even more gambling, I thought it was time to get with the trend and have an exciting new competition on the SCL site with lots of chances to win £££s. I should mention though that there is no ball, and you may not actually win anything….
Read More… from Defamation 2014: New Spot the Ball Competition
The retiring European Data Protection Supervisor has expressed his concern over the delay in appointing a successor…
Mike Conradi and Eamon Holley review a recent telecoms competition case…
This is a selection of predictions for 2014 from expert IT lawyers. We also asked about surprises and IT law expectations that never were fulfilled. For the full set of predictions, see our online ‘Predictions 2014’ blog….