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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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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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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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…
Khurram Shamsee draws the key lessons from the recent cases on SARs…
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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Mark O’Conor reaches out to his fellow enthusiasts and seeks their input…
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…
In a surprising judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union has held that the sale of a multimedia player can be a communication to the public and breach of copyright…
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With 5G on the horizon, Matthew Hunt looks at some of the patent licensing implications in the context of the impending EU Commission ‘Communication on Standard Essential Patents for a European digitalised economy’…
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