MEDIEVAL LAWS ARE BEING ROUNDED UP TO CONFRONT UNWANTED E-MAIL
Robin Fry looks at the bizarre basis for a recent US case on e-mail, Intel v Hamidi….
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Telecoms & the Internet
Does Your Domain Name Suck?
Anna Feros of Shepherd & Wedderburn looks at the WIPO attitude to the use of ‘sucks’ domain names, particularly in the light of a recent ruling on a complaint from ASDA….
Editorial
“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket” said George Orwell. But when the stick is taken from the bucket and chases you wherever you go it is much more disturbing. I find myself suffering from the slings and arrows of the Web marketeers on a daily basis. It is bad enough…
Mapping the Future – Information Overload
Kevin Aires of IBM and Hazel Raw of v-lex join forces to muse on the implications of the latest developments in GPS and intrusive communications….
SO YOU THINK YOU’RE PROTECTED?
Brendan Nolan of Waterford Technologies explains the dangers of thinking you are protected from e-mail abuse….
Data Protection and the Disposal of Old Equipment
Richard Morgan looks at the need to dispose carefully if controllers are to fulfill their data protection obligations….
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The Online Sale of Prescription Drugs
Ben Coppin of Envisional Limited looks into the problem highlighted by e-mail invitations to collect weight loss drugs or Viagra online….
Businessam
Laura Gordon of Boyds gives an account of the recent Scottish case of Bonnier Media v Greg Lloyd Smith. The case concerned an international trading name dispute and the use of a domain name. She also looks at the latest developments in the tale and the case’s implications….
Letter to the Editor
A small error crept into the last paragraph of Michael Hirst’s otherwise useful article on Cyberobscenity and jurisdiction. (I was the defence expert in Waddon and consulted though not instructed in Perrin.) The strict liability offence for possession of child pornography is in fact s160 Criminal Justice Act 1988 not the Criminal Justice and Public…
Why Your Web Strategy is, err, Wrong
An awkward look at a few standard views from Joe Reevy, who thinks that most people have got it, err, wrong….