Internet Privacy: Inroads into Assumptions
In February the case of Totalise Plc v Motley Fool Limited went almost without mention. Joanne Ashley describes why she finds this surprising and briefly considers the implications of this case….
Publishing & social media
Letter to the Editor
There are a number of significant omissions in AmandaKearsley’s article The Internet,Paedophilia and the ISP (C&L Vol 12 issue 1; April/May 2001) so that theresult is somewhat unbalanced. 1. Charges involving paedophiliac material are nearly always prosecutedunder the Protection of Children Act 1978, not the Obscene Publications Act uponwhich Ms Kearsley concentrates. This applied in…
Editorial
Modernising the Civil Courts In a general welcome for the proposals and new funding, the SCL responsemakes it clear that there is a great deal still to be done and that it is vitalthat the right approach is taken now. It states, for example, that ‘it isessential that modernisation (including the physical and systems analysisinfrastructures)…
The Internet, Paedophilia and the ISP
The ideology of the Internet as a communications channel offering all things
to all men as the ultimate in free speech has recently come under close
scrutiny. Since the public outrage against the lenient sentences imposed on
seven men for tradi…
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Rico Calleja analyses the new Act and points out some of its defects and dangers….
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Jurisdiction on the Internet – not such a barrel of laughs for Euromarket!
Dawn Osborne investigates the recent case of Euromarket Designs Inc v Peters in the UKHigh Court before Jacob J, which reinforces the view that jurisdiction on the Internet can be a difficult issue for plaintiffs….
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South Western Group: Professional Use of the Internet and Basic Legal Issues
Jeremy Barker reports on the South Western Group meeting which took place on 13 July….
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Employment Law Meets the Electronic Worker
Penelope Christie is a partner at Bird & Bird….
IT in Small Firms
Paul Berwin is the managing partner of Berwin Bloomer, the smallish Yorkshire firm with offices in Harrogate and Ilkley.
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Digital Libraries
Anne Mizzi says that copyright owners should be considering what steps to take to protect the intellectual property in their books, speeches, audio, video and music in the face of recent moves by the likes of Google and Yahoo! to put a massive body of copyright works on the Internet….