In a new joint initiative from SCL, Legal Geek and the Judiciary of England and Wales, there is to be a Hackathon on 1 and 2 July devoted to online courts and digital justice….
There’s something very familiar about all this…
Ben Hughes explores the opportunities presented by the deployment of current and impending disruptive technologies in the retail and consumer sector….
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Personal Data Disclosure: Latest CJEU Judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union has considered whether there is any obligation to disclose personal data in the context of attempts to identify the driver allegedly responsible for a road traffic accident…
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Smart Contracts and Web 3.0: The Evolution of Law?
Peter Brogden offers an appealing and neat account of the mechanics, applications and potential of blockchain, with nods to Bitcoin and Ethereum and a focus on ‘real-life law’…
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Filmspeler and the Expansion of Communication to the Public
Mark Owen, Adam Rendle and Maarten Rijks review the recent judgment and focus on the way in which the case continues the CJEU’s expansion of communication to the public…
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Cases Catch-up
Lending of e-books According to the CJEU in Case C-174/15 Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken v Stichting Leenrecht lending of an electronic book (e-book) may, under certain conditions, be treated in the same way as the lending of a traditional book. The public lending exception, which provides inter alia for the fair remuneration of authors, is applicable. Background In the…
Subject Access Requests: Four Key Cases
Khurram Shamsee draws the key lessons from the recent cases on SARs…
CPD Online: April/May 2017 Edition of Computers & Law
Questions arising from the April/May 2017 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC52 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Call to Enthusiasts
Mark O’Conor reaches out to his fellow enthusiasts and seeks their input…
Editorial
This issue is dominated by articles about the edgier tech law topics, with Neil Brown’s piece on Sextech being the big online hit of the last few months (no surprise there, but I suspect we may have had some disappointed online visitors) and delebs and algorithms causing plenty of interest too. But even though those…