Explaining the 'good degree' requirement for LL.M. entry

Note that statistics on both Essex and wider UK university grades for law - Essex in 2007 had 63% first/2:1 marks, while many of the better (Russell Group/1994 Group) had even higher proportions, and good degree proportions have generally doubled since 1987 (up 70% at the University of London).
Though professional experience will be taken into account for those with non-law or lower marked degrees, 2:1/first class seems a sensible baseline?

Law of blogs

US law prof Eric Johnson has a blog about law and blogs-  latest items on net neutrality and Malaysian bloggers forced to leave the country due to defamation law.

Turkey, Attaturk and Google

Interesting and passionate defence of free speech by Andres Guadamuz (aka Technollama) here.

Thailand web censorship increases

After declaring a State of Emergency in early April, Thailand has increased its attempts to censor political opposition - continuing its authoritarian development of censorship since 2005.
Its an interesting example of the tension in emerging (and vanishing) democracies between free speech and traditional control.

Google Map: government requests for data and removal of material

This data sadly only covers more-or-less democracies and does not cover blocking entirely (e.g. China, Turkey, much of the Middle East). Still, good to see the UK ranked so highly on censorship requests.

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.