Fun to Stay at The DMCA!:
'via Blog this'
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Saturday, 17 December 2011
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Monday, 12 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Monday, 28 November 2011
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Council of Europe workplan on Internet governance
Draft 2012-15 workplan to be discussed today in Vienna at ministerial meeting: 'via Blog this'
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
MEPs Back Net Neutrality
MEPs Back Net Neutrality - Tech Europe - WSJ: but read through the small print and you'll see this is a 'meh' motion, with its majority perhaps helped by the anti-SOPA vote the same day (SOPA resolution of EParl here)that may influence the 13 Dec. Telecoms Council but still permits huge delays by the Commission as BEREC's thorough and slow investigation crawls onwards...'via Blog this'
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Bibliography for foundation essay
Reminder - 4 categories:
Case law (UK, European, US)
Legislation (UK, Euro, US)
Academic books and articles
All other documents/news articles/websites etc.
Be as complete and consistent as you can - use 'Law and the Internet' as your guide. Good luck!
Case law (UK, European, US)
Legislation (UK, Euro, US)
Academic books and articles
All other documents/news articles/websites etc.
Be as complete and consistent as you can - use 'Law and the Internet' as your guide. Good luck!
Monday, 21 November 2011
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: background on new treaty - do NOT use Wikipedia in your essays!!!
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Monday, 14 November 2011
Reading for next week - extra
You might find it useful to read: Beyond Liability: Injunctions after L’Oreal v eBay
Toby Headdon (2011) Computers and Law, at http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ed21599
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Reading for next week: Chapter 13 (Abbe Brown) in Edwards and Waelde
The chapter on competition and the Internet is important - to be read alongside the introduction by Nihoul and Rodford to the competition framework for telecoms introduced in 2002, and the roaming case before the ECJ which was included with your LW652 reading list.
Consider: is competition likely to replace sectoral regulation for communications? What are the limits of competition-based approaches? You can read a special issue of the journal 'info' that deals with these issues (ask me to help you access).
Consider: is competition likely to replace sectoral regulation for communications? What are the limits of competition-based approaches? You can read a special issue of the journal 'info' that deals with these issues (ask me to help you access).
Monday, 7 November 2011
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Jurisdiction: Reading now available from the General Office
Samuelson and Reidenberg articles - this will equip you to discuss Yahoo v. LICRA (hint: foundation essay subject...)
Additional reading: Chapter 3, The Jurisdictional Challenge of the Internet p.121 by Julia Hörnle in Edwards and Waelde, Law and the Internet.
Additional reading: Chapter 3, The Jurisdictional Challenge of the Internet p.121 by Julia Hörnle in Edwards and Waelde, Law and the Internet.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Friday, 21 October 2011
Reading for next Tuesday: Law and the Internet
Edwards and Waelde (2009): Chapter 1, pp47-88. Chapter 4, pp159-168, 177-179.
Monday, 17 October 2011
Open Rights Group | Update: Julian Huppert's Freedoms Bill amendment and DEAct Judicial Review
Open Rights Group | Update: Julian Huppert's Freedoms Bill amendment and DEAct Judicial Review: ss.17-18 of the Digital Economy Act, which disconnect users, won't be implemented before 2013 Communications Bill (if at all?)
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Friday 28 October class moved to Monday 25th October 12-2pm
Please note a new time and location - it will be in the Law Common Room.
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Monday, 20 June 2011
Free access to Info until 26th June
Info is Emerald’s Journal of the week. This means that all of info’s content from 1999 onwards is accessible online for free, until the 26th June. Here’s a direct link to the table of contents:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1463-6697
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1463-6697
Monday, 13 June 2011
Twitter faces Norwich Pharmacal orde...
Net neutrality in Europe: Beyond irony: Twitter faces Norwich Pharmacal orde...: "Freedom of expression is butting up against privacy and super-injunctions in the UK. Here's the plot - a month ago, a married footballer w..."
Follow our Facebook page
All Essex ITME-Internet LL.M. 'outreach' (that means you!) activities are now incorporated into our research centre's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/exccel1 Press 'Like' to keep up with our news.
Monday, 2 May 2011
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
India's illiberal Internet blocking
A very useful critical resource on India's blocking policies - will courts rule it too vague to be constitutional? What effect will it have on Internet usage and deployment? The ongoing situation is monitored here by the Centre for Internet and Society.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Essex Audiovisual updated with blogfeed and newspapers ruling
See the newly redesigned Essex Audiovisual blog - with vital recent news included.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Essex Centre for Comparative and European Law (EXCCEL) launched
We have a new research centre dedicated in part to ensuring all our Internet-related legal research is in one place, or rather four: Facebook page (do 'Like' us), Twitter feed @exccelessex, the blawg and our new website.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Monday, 14 March 2011
International student - meet our Dean and his blog!
Those of you coming to the UK may find it useful to peruse the blog of the Dean of International Development - with comments re. Libya, India and others.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
The Internet kill-switch: UK law
Communications Act 2003 and Civil Contingencies Act both give quite wide powers for the UK Culture Secretary (for it is that Hunt) to switch off the Internet to preserve "public order" - just as in most North African and Gulf states: "to protect the public from any threat to public safety or public health, or in the interests of national security". Department for Culture, Media and Sport explains: "It would have to be a very serious threat for these powers to be used, something like a major cyber attack. The powers are subject to review and if it was used inappropriately there could be an appeal to the competitions appeal tribunal. Any decision to use them would have to comply with public law and the Human Rights Act."
Note that these reviews take years and would not prevent the type of short-term switch-off seen recently in Libya and Egypt. It is in the end a matter of judgement and politics whether repression results from these laws.
Note that these reviews take years and would not prevent the type of short-term switch-off seen recently in Libya and Egypt. It is in the end a matter of judgement and politics whether repression results from these laws.
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Turkish court to ban Blogger.com for copyright infringement
Google has run into trouble previously with YouTube videos - now it is users and their football blogs violating copyright. Is banning Blogger (and its 600,000 Turkish bloggers) a disproportionate response?
Friday, 4 February 2011
Essex LL.M. Scholarships
Please note forthcoming scholarships across all LLMs:
Tinson Scholarships: students from the former Soviet Bloc. This fund is for all fees.
Abbey Santander Master Scholarships five scholarships of £5000 available and will be awarded on the basis of academic merit to students who would not otherwise be able to take up a place at Essex: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela who have graduated from certain universities.
£1000 Towards Living Costs: Students from Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Romania and Lithuania will automatically receive £1,000 towards living costs while studying in the UK.
Further information on the University of Essex Student Finance website.
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Essex in springtime
Its really very warm here compared to North America or Northern Europe - I just got back from Montreal and New York, where it was -5 to -25 windchill, to the balmy 7-12 degrees of late winter in south-east England (the snow events in December were very out of character).
It may not be very sunny but that cloud blanket is warmish!
Wivenhoe House - the hotel at the top of campus named after Wivenhoe Park (the painting at top of blog is Constable's celebrated study of Wivenhoe Park, in the National Gallery in Washington D.C.)
The Ivor Crewe Lecture Theatre - state of the art theatre built 3 years ago - described rudely by Prince Charles as like a space invader dustbin crashed into the hillside! Named after our long-serving former Vice Chancellor
The library and pond - sensational views from the top floor
The campus from the southeast - top left is the library, centre at the top is Wivenhoe House, the entire right corner is the Olympic-upgraded sports facilities (and car parks), and the disk centre-top is the Ivor Crewe Theatre (the Law School is in the quad just below that).
It may not be very sunny but that cloud blanket is warmish!
Wivenhoe House - the hotel at the top of campus named after Wivenhoe Park (the painting at top of blog is Constable's celebrated study of Wivenhoe Park, in the National Gallery in Washington D.C.)
The Ivor Crewe Lecture Theatre - state of the art theatre built 3 years ago - described rudely by Prince Charles as like a space invader dustbin crashed into the hillside! Named after our long-serving former Vice ChancellorThe library and pond - sensational views from the top floor
The campus from the southeast - top left is the library, centre at the top is Wivenhoe House, the entire right corner is the Olympic-upgraded sports facilities (and car parks), and the disk centre-top is the Ivor Crewe Theatre (the Law School is in the quad just below that).Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Happy New Year!
A reminder that the LL.M. has different blogs for the various courses, which are listed on the left side column. Also, do check some New Year's Internet law predictions from the Society for Computers and Law (mine is the first).
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