Cases Round-up

Internet Streaming and Broadcasters’ Rights The CJEU has ruled on a reference relating to the Infosoc Directive and communication to the public In  Case C-279/13 C More Entertainment, a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden), the Court of Justice of the European Union had to consider issues surrounding the direct broadcast of…

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Editorial

This issue, though somewhat skewed towards case reports (excellent and important though they are) includes two pieces that I find especially interesting. Susan McLean on the sharing economy and Emma Wright and Dianne Devlin on smart cities deal with emerging trends that may shape our future more profoundly than that election thingy that I keep…

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Catt: A Different Perspective on the Supreme Court Judgment

Mark Turnbull considers the implications of the Supreme Court judgment in R (Catt & T) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, especially the implications for local authorities in their data handling, and detects a diversion from the true path set by Strasbourg…

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