The Bill has passed through the House of Lords, with the various major amendments abandoned, or defeated by the Government. It seems likely that compromises will be made so that the Bill can be passed before the election….
Microsoft and Yahoo, browser choice day and Google complaints – it’s been a busy time for EU competition lawyers with an IT interest…
An Italian judge has found four Google employees guilty of breaches of the Italian privacy code in relation to a video showing abuse which was posted onto Google Video…
David Chaplin reports on the SCL London Group’s meeting of 8 February 2010, which focused on cloud computing…
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Stephen Hornsby and Owen Thomas ask if Microsoft’s commitments to unbundle its browser will make a difference, and whether the European Commission really care if they do it or not…
Nick Holmes describes the origins of a dream and the steps taken to turn it into a reality…
Professor Chris Reed draws some lessons from the experience of law-making in the computing and communications sector. He suggests that a focus on technical precision has given us some pretty bad law….
Mikko Manner considers the utilization of criminal prosecution against copyright infringement in the context of online distribution services by specific reference to The Pirate Bay…
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Jonathan Palmer reviews an uncomfortable history and looks to an interesting future, while creating his very own patentability scale….
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UK government publishes amendments to Digital Economy Bill that significantly water down the powers proposed to be given to the Secretary of State to enable amendment of UK copyright law….
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