Does English Law Offer a Solution to the Problem of Spam?
This is the essay which won the SCL Student Essay Prize for Matthew Brewer….
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Litigation & DR
ALL PARTY INTERNET GROUP APIG REPORT ON THE COMPUTER MISUSE ACT
Intellectual Property lawyer Graeme Fearon of Thring Townsend reviews the APIG report and suggested amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990….
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Big Brother Isn’t Watching You (Everybody Else Is)
The summer viewing of Big Brother enthralled and appalled. Hazel Randall looks at the show going on on your PC with the updates in Adware and Spyware, and other techniques for tracking what private and commercial PC users are doing….
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Teething Troubles with Bluetooth?
Bluejacking, Bluesnarfing and Bluetooth – William Betts has the Blues covered….
Future Gazing about the Internet and the Web
The SCL’s Internet Interest Group assembled an expert panel at Charles Russell to peer into the future of the Internet and the Web over the next five to ten years. Laurie Kaye of Laurence Kaye Solicitors, who was Panel Chairman and devised and organised the event, lent them the special SCL crystal ball….
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Iron Laws of Cyberspace The Need for Multidisciplinary Perspectives
William Dutton reviews a series of well known IT legal aphorisms from the perspective of a social scientist. This is an edited version of his Keynote Address to the IFCLA Conference in July….
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Editorial
Food for Thought This issue begins to reflect the July IFCLA Conference by including a selection of the papers which were presented there. I hope to include some of the other outstanding papers, both within these pages and on the SCL Web site, over the next few months. Some of the ideas which were raised…
Current Issues in IT and Communications Law in China
Matthew Murphy gives a resumé of the current legal issues in the world’s most exciting economy….
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Partnering Agreements for IT and Outsourcing Projects
Clive Davies of Olswang considers what partnering really means and how, in contractual terms, it can best be achieved….
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Mandatory Injunctions in IT Disputes
Barristers Michael Douglas QC and Alex Charlton and Ashhurst partner Jeremy Drew join forces to discuss the granting or refusal of mandatory injunctions….