Category Archives: Digital Economy Act

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

A progressive digital policy?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Yesterday I read a call for submissions to Labour Left’s ‘Red Book II’, by Dr Éoin Clarke – to develop a way forward for the Labour Party. It started me thinking about what would really constitute a progressive digital policy – … Continue reading →

Posted in data retention, Defamation, Digital Economy Act, Freedom of expression, government, Internet access, surveillance | 17 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

12 wishes for online privacy….

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

It’s that time of year for lists, predictions and so forth. I don’t want to make predictions myself – I know all too well how hard it is to predict anything in this world, and even more so in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Economy Act, ICO, Privacy | 8 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 →

Posted in Copyright, Digital Economy Act, Piracy, Privacy | Leave a comment

The real challenge for IT Lawyers: the law!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Sometimes it’s tempting for an IT lawyer – or rather an academic IT lawyer – to feel that things are moving essentially in the right direction, that the subject is getting more mainstream, more understandable – and more importantly, more … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Economy Act, Law, Phorm, Privacy | 1 Comment