Category Archives: Copyright

Lobbyists: who pays the piper…

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

A few weeks ago I experienced first hand the role of lobbyists, when I saw them do their best to start steering the CREATe project in their own direction (see my blog here). In the time since then, two more … Continue reading →

Posted in Copyright, data protection, Intellectual Property, Online Behavioural Advertising, Privacy, Search Engines | 7 Comments

CREATe and the copyright lobby…

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

From the moment Coaliton MP Jo Swinson (she’s a Lib Dem, apparently, though from her talk she was indistinguishable from a Tory) gave the opening speech at the CREATe launch event, the tensions were apparent. CREATe (whose website is here) … Continue reading →

Posted in Copyright, Digital Economy Act, Freedom of expression, Intellectual Property | 5 Comments

Will the government ‘get’ digital policy?

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

I had an interesting time at the ‘Seventh Annual Parliament and Internet Conference’ yesterday – and came away slightly less depressed than I expected to be. It seemed to me that there were chinks of light emerging amidst the usually … Continue reading →

Posted in broadband, Copyright, Cyberlaw, Defamation, Digital Economy Act, Facebook, Identity, Parenting, Piracy, Privacy, surveillance | 7 Comments

Why does the government always get it wrong?

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Why is digital policy so bad? The most recent pronouncement from the UK government – reinstating in an updated and worsened way the idea of near-universal surveillance of emails, texts, phone calls and web-browsing – is horrific in many ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Copyright, Digital Economy Act, Piracy, Privacy | 35 Comments

Business and Privacy: Evidence and Assumptions?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

I came across a couple of stories yesterday that at first glance appeared unconnected, dealing with difference aspects of the current privacy debates concerning the internet. One comes from one side of the Atlantic, the other from the other. One … Continue reading →

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A tale of three conferences…

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

IT Law certainly seems to be flavour of the month. Even more particularly, it seems to be flavour of the next couple of days. Today and tomorrow there are three conferences on different aspects of the subject, all of which … Continue reading →

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