Acting for Nevada-based games company Topware Interactive Inc, Davenport Lyons obtained a disclosure order from the High Court in London in February of this year requiring the relevant ISPs to disclose the identity of individuals owning the internet connections used to upload and illegally distribute Topware’s Dream Pinball 3D game….
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We asked a number of data protection experts for comment on the controversial loss of disks with details of 25 million individuals. The overwhelming reaction was that it was proof positive that greater care is needed and that a deeply ingrained cultural shift may be required in many organisations. Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, who described…
We are running a series of articles on the site which give a flavour of top legal blogs, with the focus on those dealing with IT law topics and the like. This posting is from Laurence Kaye on Digital Media Law, a blog about the future of digital media law from Laurie Kaye, Laurence Kaye Solicitors. Laurie has promised a donation to Children in Need for every new ‘sign-up’ to his blog….
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The EU Commission has proposed a Single European Telecoms Market for 500 million consumers…
Duncan Spiers reports on the Scottish Society for Computers and Law’s Annual Lecture, given by Professor Eben Moglen of Columbia University, New York on the topic ‘The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3.’…
A survey by LawComms.com of the 22 winners of October’s Chambers Bar Awards 2007 shows that many sets are failing to take full advantage of their websites to publicise their achievement….
Thanks to Simon Deane-Johns, SCL added another string to its bow recently with the creation of a new Group on Facebook. Andrew Sharpe has since created a very popular LinkedIn group for SCL too. One consequence is that, for the first time since the old LINK days (when every contributor to online discussions seemed to…
The CPD questions arising from the October/November issue of Computers & Law (Online course code HW/SFCL2 – 1 hour)…
Long-time SCL member and major IT law figure, Rachel Burnett has become the new President of the British Computer Society…
CPD questions arising from the SCL seminar on Forensic Investigations, held on 16 October at the offices of Clifford Chance (Course code HW/SFCL40 – 2.5 hours)…