On 10 November, the High Court granted the application of TalkTalk and BT for a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act 2010. The Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport launched a new inquiry into the ‘Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online’ on the same day….
End of the Peer-to-Peer Reviews
What a combination: the judicial review of aspects of the Digital Economy Act, the inquiry by the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport into Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online and the grand government review of IP laws to ‘make them fit for the internet age’. All this must mean something….
Crossing Borders in the Cloud
Sandra Potter and Phil Farrelly look at cloud computing generally, and the issues pertaining to e-disclosure and cross-border conflicts in particular…
Domain Names: Time and Tide Wait for Pam
Laches is not normally the first thing that springs to mind when Pamela Anderson is mentioned. For the true IT law nerd, that may be about to change. David Taylor and Jane Seager look at a recent domain name dispute…
I Want More Cookies
Are we doomed to lose all our privacy rights if we use the Internet at all? What use are MPs if they ignore the basics? How serious are we about giving people options? Do we all need more cookies? How many questions can fit in a strap line?…
The Two Screen Solicitor
How many computer screens do you have open in your office?…
Nominet Announces Short .uk Names Process
Nominet has announced that it will accept sunrise applications for short .uk domain names from 1 December…
New EU Data Protection Strategy
On 4 November, the European Commission published its strategy to strengthen EU data protection rules…
ICO and Street View Latest
The Information Commissioner has announced the outcome of the Google Street View investigation…
Your Blackberry: Ten Things You Might Not Know
Martin Telfer deals with the questions that he regularly hears from lawyers about the use of the ubiquitous Blackberry….
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