Are Bitcoins Really Real?
David Flint considers the practicalities, the legalities and realities around the hype over virtual currencies….
Telecoms & the Internet
Data Retention: About Haystacks and Needles?
Dr Julia Hornle analyses the recent major judgment of the CJEU, which declared the Data Retention Directive to be invalid…
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SCL Event Report: Apps within Law Firms
Claire Andrews and Lucy Dillon report on the SCL KM Group meeting of 25 February 2014…
Time Machine for Sale
Stunning new technology is now available on the SCL web site…
Nominet Policy Changes
Nominet has announced policy changes that it describes as formalising its approach to tackling criminal activity on .uk domains but which also deals with domain names associated with sexual offences…
EU Court of Justice Lays Down Rules for Copyright Site Blocking Injunctions
Graham Smith offers his take on the CJEU decision in UPC Telekabel v Constantin Film…
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Book Review: Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law
Matthew Lavy, Richard Osborne and Gideon Shirazi of 4 Pump Court combine to provide a detailed review of the latest edition of Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law, Bainbridge, 6th Ed, Bloomsbury 2014, 700 pp, £130 (but see dscount offer atthe end of this review), ISBN 9781-1-78043-1246…
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The Internet of Things: The Old Problem Squared
This comprehensive reflection on the Internet of Things, its wide-ranging effects and the related regulatory issues comes from Amy Collins, Adam J. Fleisher, Reed Freeman and Alistair Maughan…
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Google Search Anti-trust Commitments Published
The commitments offered by Google to the EU Commission to rectify its alleged abuse of its dominant position in online search have now been published in full…
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Annual Conference Topics
Thoughts, and a call for suggestions, on the topics that SCL members need to see covered in SCL’s October Conference…