Playboy’s claim that videos on its web site were too explicit for ATVOD regulation has failed. This is an edited version of an article which first appeared on OUTLAW.COM, the news service from Pinsent Masons….
BAILII Survival Appeal
BAILII needs funds. Its value to each to us is real but we have begun to take it for granted. Without substantial new funding, BAILII could fold in just a few years. We asked a small group of BAILII users what they liked about it….
Editorial
BAILII There may be those who think that a blog post on the BAILII appeal for funds and a short contribution from me to the BAILII appeal article at p 5 are more than enough. But I don’t think I have said enough. On top of its usefulness to me personally, which I mention in…
SCL 6th Annual Policy Forum 2011: The New Shape of European Internet Regulation
Now firmly established as a leading event on the calendar for both IT law academics and IT law practitioners, the SCL Forum 2011 will grapple with Internet law reform. While a combination of blue-sky thinking and grounded, practical views sounds like a recipe for disaster, experience shows that it leads to a very special event….
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Internet Gambling and Restrictive National Monopolies: Latest ECJ Judgment
In Case C-212/08 Zeturf Ltd v Premier minister, the Court of Justice of the European Union has dealt with a claim brought by a Malta-based company effectively challenging a statutory monopoly on betting on French horse races. The judgment follows the familiar line that such a monopoly can be justified if it is aimed at combating the dangers linked to games of chance. The Court goes on to say that the restriction on the freedom to provide services constituted by such a monopoly must be assessed in relation to all the marketing channels for that betting….
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Treading the Fine Line
Nicola Fulford reports on the SCL Privacy & Data Protection Group meeting of 23 June that was subtitled ‘Mitigating Bribery Act Risk and staying data privacy compliant…
Court Technology: An Embarrassment of Hitches
The publication by His Honour Judge Simon Brown QC of his response to the recent MOJ consultation on civil justice reform reminds us that, when it comes to court technology, we have travelled a short distance in a very long time….
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Outsourcing for Law Firms – What’s Different?
James Besley reports on the SCL meeting on 15 June about outsourcing for law firms, which was sponsored by the SCL London Group and hosted by CMS Cameron McKenna….
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Privacy – An Evolving Challenge
Andrew Priest gives his thoughts on a talk by Stephen Deadman of the Vodafone Group at a meeting of the Thames Valley Group on 8 June….
India’s New Privacy Laws
Stephen Mathias analyses important new laws which have an impact on all businesses operating in or having connections with India….