Im briefly reviving Pangloss to publicise something I think important that just came out as a broad hint from the Research briefing team at the House of Lords.
This report from El Reg on the Commission’s new Working Document on e-payments is so gloriously cynical that I’m not even going to try to re-write it.“The European Commission has launched a new legal framework to boost the…
Lord Lucas, Jan 12th, Committee Stage day 2“Lord Lucas: I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell, has just said. We have to be careful about setting out to criminalise, as he says, a large proportion of our population, particularly when it involves putting them not in the…
Time to leave this bone alone and do some proper work, but I can’t resist noting the Digital Britain’s team responses to criticisms, having been directed towards it by the Beeb. As it happens, despite the impression the BBC gives, these responses date from the summer so should…
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Less exciting than LJ censorship, and slightly late, but still significant: Rome II which seems to have been trundling on All My LIfe has finally reached a common agreement as of May 15 2007. the full text of the agreement does not yet seem to be available but many details are on Diana Wallis MEP’s site.As I’m…
Just back from the third instalment of GikIII, exhausted, flu-ridden and exhilarated. Horrible to puff one’s own baby, but I continue to be staggered at people’s inventiveness, cleverness and sheer powerpoint bravado when they pull the stops out for GikIII. Best quote I’ve…
Interesting times (as ever) in the social networking sites/personal branding crossover world. One of the most interesting papers from Digital Convergence HK was by Lisa P. Ramsey, University of San Diego School of Law on “brandjacking”, on social networks — the increasing…
I’ve also mysteriously failed to note officially here what many of you already know: I am delighted to announce I will be taking up a Chair of Internet Law at Southampton from 1 September 2006; where I look forward very much to working with…
Rupert White of the Law Society Gazette points out that an even easier way to stalk someone rather than “borrowing” their mobile phone (see last entry)is to “borrow” their London Oyster card (should they be a Londoner, of course :-) This gives a full…