The government has published its response to the Hargreaves Review and has also published its plans for implementation of the Digital Economy Act 2010 and an Ofcom report on the practicality of site blocking…
No Newzbin is Good News and Other Thoughts
Thoughts on Twentieth Century Fox v BT…
Targeted Marketing: Give Me (Opted-in) Football Fans
A High Court judgment on a sponsorship deal gives some interesting insights into the real world of harvesting e-mail addresses and mobile numbers for targeted marketing. Mr Justice Walker considers the practical meaning of ‘opted-in’ and deals with the endearing claim that 250,000 SMS messages are ‘sent’ even if there is no real notion of them being likely to be received….
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Promoting Spectrum Trading
In light of two key changes to the spectrum trading regime, Anthony Day and Mike Conradi ask:- Will the market now flourish?…
Information Management – Theory and Reality
Daniel Kavan and Mark Surguy look at the inextricable link between information storage policies and successful reactions to demands for production of documents…
Online Copyright Infringement: Twentieth Century Fox v BT
Arnold J has made an order under the CDPA 1988 requiring BT to block access to Newzbin…
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NLA v Meltwater: Court of Appeal Judgment Handed Down
The Court of Appeal has given judgment in this case. The verdict: a win for the NLA and the newspapers….
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The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object
Gawie Nienaber and John Yates assess the impact of the Cloud on the traditional IT business model…
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Mobile Payments and the New E-money Directive
Parking fees, bus fares gig tickets and intrusive ring tones – mobile payments are infiltrating all aspects of everyday life. Ben Regnard-Weinrabe, Mark Taylor and Rachel Shepherd look at the law on mobile payments in light of the new e-money Directive….
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‘I cannot comment on why the terms and the scope were what they were’
Phone hacking and e-disclosure are dominating the news at present. E-disclosure specialist, Mike Taylor reviews the high profile News International dramas and draws out a few lessons, for the Murdochs and others. His title is taken from James Murdoch’s evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport select Committee….
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