UK government plans to reduce online copyright infringement

The timetable is to produce a draft Code by next month, a Statement by September after consultation (which must also be submitted to the EC), and the full working code by end-2010. Fast work!

Digital Economy Act published

The 2010 DEAct is now available.

Intercepting email - and authorized readers - US law firm divorce case

The facts of this case in the DC Court of Appeals are extraordinary and extremely interesting points of law are thrown up.

Short history of international copyright

From a study by a Cambridge professor in a CUP book: she explains how fights over international copyright in the 19-20th centuries provide a template to study today's digital copyright controversies.

Regulating NRAs - which is best?

There's some interesting literature on the formation of UK super-regulator, Ofcom - though most of it in the 2005 internal report designed to forestall any National Audit Office critique in 2006. 
Obviously the United States NRA, the FCC is not the only NRA game in town, even if it is the biggest. The awesomely large FCC International Bureau does have a small sub-function which almost seems an afterthought on how international regulation can affect the FCC-US markets (as opposed to vice versa!). To me, the function that works better is OPP in its international dimension, and it's here that good work is produced.
Internationally, ITU have been contributing to a Promoting Broadband initiative.

Methodology and law

Interesting blog with good links to basic books on academic legal research (which might be useful in May when beginning your research topic).

ITME Facebook page

Its now time to unveil the shiny new privacy-friendly (inasmuch as you can do that on Facebook) ITME Facebook page. Come one, come all, and join...