Information Management – Theory and Reality
Daniel Kavan and Mark Surguy look at the inextricable link between information storage policies and successful reactions to demands for production of documents…
Telecoms & the Internet
Online Copyright Infringement: Twentieth Century Fox v BT
Arnold J has made an order under the CDPA 1988 requiring BT to block access to Newzbin…
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The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object
Gawie Nienaber and John Yates assess the impact of the Cloud on the traditional IT business model…
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SCL 6th Annual Policy Forum 2011: The New Shape of European Internet Regulation
Now firmly established as a leading event on the calendar for both IT law academics and IT law practitioners, the SCL Forum 2011 will grapple with Internet law reform. While a combination of blue-sky thinking and grounded, practical views sounds like a recipe for disaster, experience shows that it leads to a very special event….
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Privacy – An Evolving Challenge
Andrew Priest gives his thoughts on a talk by Stephen Deadman of the Vodafone Group at a meeting of the Thames Valley Group on 8 June….
ICANN’T
ICANN’s formal ratification of the plan to expand top-level domain names on 20 June does raise the question of who can afford the fees and whether ICANN will always be able to keep sight of its main objectives…
Agency or Distribution? The Struggle for Mastery in e-book Pricing
Stephen Smith and Andrew Hobson review the state of play in a battle that will affect what you read and how – and how much you pay for it. A version of this article first appeared in Competition Law Insight, 3 May 2011…
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Cookie Confusion and Clarifications
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has now issued its proposals to implement the amendments to the EU Telecoms Framework, including controversial new rules on the use of cookies. These proposals have been followed by new guidance from the Information Commissioner and a further open letter from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Richard Cumbley and Peter Church explain how the new rules suggest a flexible approach to consent (but not yet through the use of browser settings)….
Digital Evidence: Beware of Assuming Too Much
Stephen Mason highlights some of the lessons lawyers should learn from Operation Ore…
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Consumerisation – Nothing is New
Simon Kosminsky reflects on the fact that the ‘new wave’ of consumerisation is not really all that new, it has just taken on a new form. But he explains that it nevertheless presents a challenge that has to be met….