A Common Story: Software Developer Loses Rights
Michael Wigley looks at a recent High Court judgment and the lessons that flow from it…
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Intellectual Property
No ‘Stay Down’ Obligation for Hosting Providers in France
Christelle Coslin and Christine Gateau explain the significance of important 2012 judgments in the French Supreme Court, which ruled that there is no obligation on hosting providers in France to ensure that notified content is not later re-posted online by its users…
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Editorial
It has been the best of times; it has been the worst of times. On the one hand, we have had moves towards open data that saw the G8 leaders sign up to the Open Data Charter, some very positive Government responses to the Shakespeare Review of Public Sector Information and impressive commitments to co-operative…
ECJ Supports Copyright Levy on Printers and Computers
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the levy for the reproduction of protected works can be imposed on the sale of a printer or a computer…
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Advocate General: Search Engines Not Responsible for Data on Web
Advocate General Jääskinen considers that search engine service providers are not responsible, on the basis of the Data Protection Directive, for personal data appearing on web pages they process….
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‘Something bad might happen’: Lawyers, Anonymization and Risk
Anonymized data? Maybe not so anonymous. Marion Oswald explains how anonymization offers a real challenge to lawyers and that they might not always be best equipped to deal with it…
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EDPS Opinion on EU Cyber Security Strategy
The EDPS registers some doubts about the EU approach to cyber security…
Government Response to Shakespeare Review
The Government has set out is detailed responses to the proposals contained in Stephan Shakespeare’s Review of Public Sector Information…
Draft Consumer Rights Bill
The draft Consumer Rights Bill has now been published. It is of special interest to IT lawyers, not least for the proposals for special provision for ‘digital content’…
The Downing Street Lovers and the Information Commissioner
Laurence Eastham reveals all he knows about the identity of those involved in the Downing Street fling and wonders if there are lessons for a poorly resourced ICO….
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