SOPA and Network Architecture
Surely SOPA and PIPA are just bills that would create US legislation. So why are people outside the USA protesting about them? Andrés Guadamuz explains….
Telecoms & the Internet
Right to Be Forgotten vs Need to Be Remembered
Arnold Roosendaal asks if we are asking the right question about the so-called right to be forgotten: ‘Why are some organisations collecting so much information anyway?’ This article was written to summarise the issues raised in his talk at SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….
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Privacy Protection: Seed Control?
Rosalind English reports on a case which involved an innovative approach to protection of privacy, with the court venturing into an area often characterised as beyond court control…
Domain Names: ICANN Sticks to gTLD Launch Timetable
ICANN has confirmed the 12 January launch, released further details on the gTLD regime and made a number of supporting documents available…
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Can Semantic Web Technology Help Implement a Right to Be Forgotten?
Kieron O’Hara examines the right to be forgotten – what it means and whether the technology is available to implement the right. This is the first in a series of articles arising from the SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….
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Predictions 2012: IT Law and More
This is a selection of the responses to our annual call for predictions. These are mainly predictions from those focused on IT law, whether as academics of practitioners. Since contributors are encouraged to deal with all manner of relevant issues, it may stray from IT law and into topics of even greater interest….
Predictions 2012: Technology and Strategies for Lawyers
This is a selection of the responses to our annual call for predictions, focusing on IT applications in the workplace…
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Embracing Technology in the Changing Legal Landscape
Dee Caporali reports on recently commissioned research that highlights how changing technology will affect businesses over the next decade. Combined with deregulation in the legal sector and evolving business models, this means firms are facing tough decisions. ‘The future of technology: transforming mid-market business operations’, which was produced by The Centre for Future Studies to mark Access’ 20th anniversary, takes a look at what is in store for organisations….
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BILETA Conference – Call for Papers
The 28th Annual BILETA Conference will be hosted by the University of Liverpool on 10 to 13 April. The deadline for the 2nd call for submissions of abstracts and panel proposals is now extended to 25 February….
2012 Predictions 9: Domains and Data
Predictions from two highly respected practitioners take us from domain names to the cloud and ‘big data’. Read the predictions from Jane Seager and Richard Graham….