Tim Cowen looks at the cloud and the pitfalls associated with it. He reviews the competition issues and highlights the importance of the correct contractual provisions in cloud computing contracts…
Information Law and the Limitations of Consent
I’ve been thinking recently about the limits of data protection recently with all the debate going on about the new Directive. I have some frustration with the debate, particularly over the validity of the consents that are given by data subjects….
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Podcast: Mr Justice Akenhead – “Technology and Dispute Resolution”- 16 January 2013
A recording of a recent SCL meeting…
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Copyright, Newzbin’s Ghost and the Fruits of Infringement
With some interesting side comments on the nature of copyright breach, the High Court has rejected copyright owners’ proprietary claim to the fruits of an infringement…
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EU Cybersecurity Strategy and Directive
The EU Commission has given details of its cybersecurity plan, designed ‘to protect open internet and online freedom and opportunity’…
Regulating Code: Towards a Prosumer Law
Chris Marsden and Ian Brown see a regulatory crisis and a prosumer law solution. They explain how regulatory solutions based on code, rather than fines or other traditional methods, can be the right solution in a prosumer world. Chris chaired the SCL Policy Forum 2012….
A New Approach to Disclosure
How do the new technologies associated with e-disclosure sit with the new regime for managing cases and costs that follows on from the Jackson Review? James Morrey-Jones, Tracey Stretton and Mark Surguy explain….
Kickstarter: Crowdsourcing, Commitments and Consumer Protection
Neil Brown examines the crowdsourced funding web site Kickstarter, asking what Kickstarter needs to do to ensure that consumers are adequately protected against project failure….
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Multi-vendor Outsourcing: Approaches to Liability Allocation
Roger Bickerstaff explains the intricacies of allocating liabilities amongst tower contractors and the role of the SIaM contractor….
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Blogging in business – an inspiring evening with Euan Semple
A short report on our first SCL KM Group seminar of 2013 focusing on the use of social media tools for internal knowledge sharing and collaboration….
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