Internet Libel and Amazon’s Immunity
A recent Internet libel case highlights the extensive reach of ‘immunity’ for information services providers. Laurence Eastham attempts to pick out the more interesting aspects of a 99-paragraph judgment….
Publishing & social media
The 12 Cs of Cloud Computing: A Culinary Confection
Kuan Hon summarises some fundamentally important elements of cloud computing and clarifies with culinary comparators. Don’t read this article when you are hungry!…
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Roofers, Hamlet and T&Cs
Are big companies playing fair when they ask us to sign up to immensely complicated T&Cs online?…
New Article 29 Working Party Opinions Published
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted Opinions on the data protection reform proposals and on facial recognition….
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Twitter Libel: Cricket Match-fixing Judgment
The judgment in the match-fixing libel case involving New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns focuses on a libel originating on Twitter but has little meat for IT lawyers….
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EU Commission Proposes to Establish a European Cybercrime Centre
On 28 March, the EU Commission proposed that a European Cybercrime Centre be established within Europol to become the Union’s focal point in the fight against cybercrime…
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Too Many Cooks?
Are there too many bodies interfering in Internet regulation?…
Online Defamation in UK: No Clarification from Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has published its judgment in the case of Flood v The Times, a libel case which included allegations of online defamation. But the judgments deal only with Reynolds privilege….
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Commercial Use of Facebook and Twitter: Risks and Rewards
Chris Hutchings warns of the risks of using social media without due care and attention. He also suggests ways to harvest the benefits of social media without putting a business at risk…
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Social Media: Hidden IP Dangers
Alastair Cox and Iona Harding examine the intellectual property pitfalls associated with everyday uses of social media….