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…
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…
CPD Online:April/May 2015 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
Questions arising from the April/May 2015 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC30 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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ISO Guidance on Outsourcing
Pearse Ryan and Golda Hession provide an overview…
Popcorn But No Blockbuster
The latest of a long line of web site blocking order applications had a new twist but the production line for blocking orders was not much disrupted, let alone busted. Is there a need for a new mechanism that will bring greater transparency to this area?…
Fare for All Appetites
What can SCL do to meet the needs of more senior IT lawyers?…
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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Be an SCL University Ambassador
We are recruiting! The first meeting of the SCL University Ambassadors is to take place on 7 May. There is still time for you to get involved with your local university department…
eDisclosure: The Perfect ESI Storm
Deborah Blaxell examines the trends and forecasts a stormy outlook, which poses a real danger for those not properly prepared…
Driverless Cars: Where Technology and Law Collide
Susan McLean and Mercedes Samavi take another look at this phenomenon of the future that is speeding down the road towards us…
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