Tuesday, 19 January 2010
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).
Monday, 4 January 2010
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...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
2009: the 1995 antitrust action against Microsoft for bundling is dropped
The fourteen year battle finishes with Microsoft accepting it must allow users to choose which of 12 browsers to install - not including Netscape Navigator, the original competitor which died....so was it worth the battle for either side?
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Edwards, L. (ed 2009) Law and the Internet
I have a part-chapter authorship - but genuinely think it is the best, most up-to-date thing out there from the UK perspective...
Friday, 28 March 2008
Turkey: Access to Indymedia-Istanbul and YouTube websites blocked by court orders
SOURCE: IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET), Istanbul(BIANET/IFEX) -
Access to the Indymedia-Istanbul website has been blocked following a court decision. Access to the Wordpress and YouTube websites isalso currently blocked. Turkey continues to close down whole sites becauseof individual contributions, a measure which has been condemned by both BIANET and Reporters without Borders (RSF).
The Indymedia-Istanbul website, an independent news website, has been blocked to access since 21 March 2008, after a decree by the GaziantepAraban Criminal Court of Peace in southeast Turkey.Turkey has banned access to the video-sharing websitehttp://www.youtube.com/ again and again, and ranks high in suppression of webspace. The country has been criticised for blocking access to websitesbecause of individual contributions to a site.Indymedia was formed in January 2003 to counteract the dominance ofmainstream media in supporting the status quo. Website representativesreleased a statement saying, "There are attempts to silence Indymedia withcensorship, but these are only attempts. Prosecutors have not yet learnedthat censorship is technically impossible on the Internet."
For now, the website can be accessed throughhttp://istanbul.bbm.indymedia.org , or through http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html website where readers can then plug inthe Indymedia-Istanbul URL ( http://istanbul.indymedia.org/ ), or bychanging the DNS settings of Internet connections.For the last two weeks, access to Youtube.com has also been blocked,because the Ankara First Criminal Court of Peace decreed that a videoaccessible through the site insulted Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.RSF had previously condemned the complete blocking of access to Youtubebecause of the content of one or several videos, saying that this kind ofpenalty was "radical" and "disproportionate." Brazil and Iran have carriedout similar punitive measures.The Wordpress.com website was blocked to access in August 2007 after adecree from the Fatih Second Civil Court of First Instance, and is stillnot accessible.Previously, the Eksi Sözlük website, an alternative "dictionary", and theAntoloji.com website were also blocked.For further information on previous blocking of access to YouTube, see:http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/90461For the Wordpress.com, Eksi Sözlük and Antoloji.com cases, see:http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/85905
Access to the Indymedia-Istanbul website has been blocked following a court decision. Access to the Wordpress and YouTube websites isalso currently blocked. Turkey continues to close down whole sites becauseof individual contributions, a measure which has been condemned by both BIANET and Reporters without Borders (RSF).
The Indymedia-Istanbul website, an independent news website, has been blocked to access since 21 March 2008, after a decree by the GaziantepAraban Criminal Court of Peace in southeast Turkey.Turkey has banned access to the video-sharing websitehttp://www.youtube.com/ again and again, and ranks high in suppression of webspace. The country has been criticised for blocking access to websitesbecause of individual contributions to a site.Indymedia was formed in January 2003 to counteract the dominance ofmainstream media in supporting the status quo. Website representativesreleased a statement saying, "There are attempts to silence Indymedia withcensorship, but these are only attempts. Prosecutors have not yet learnedthat censorship is technically impossible on the Internet."
For now, the website can be accessed throughhttp://istanbul.bbm.indymedia.org , or through http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html website where readers can then plug inthe Indymedia-Istanbul URL ( http://istanbul.indymedia.org/ ), or bychanging the DNS settings of Internet connections.For the last two weeks, access to Youtube.com has also been blocked,because the Ankara First Criminal Court of Peace decreed that a videoaccessible through the site insulted Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.RSF had previously condemned the complete blocking of access to Youtubebecause of the content of one or several videos, saying that this kind ofpenalty was "radical" and "disproportionate." Brazil and Iran have carriedout similar punitive measures.The Wordpress.com website was blocked to access in August 2007 after adecree from the Fatih Second Civil Court of First Instance, and is stillnot accessible.Previously, the Eksi Sözlük website, an alternative "dictionary", and theAntoloji.com website were also blocked.For further information on previous blocking of access to YouTube, see:http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/90461For the Wordpress.com, Eksi Sözlük and Antoloji.com cases, see:http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/85905
BILETA conference 2008
Conference papers available here.
“Law Shaping Technology; Technology Shaping the Law”
Security and privacy of our personal information is becoming a central theme with the rise in social networking technologies and user generated content. Have sites such as Facebook and YouTube responded in a timely and effective manner to safeguard our data, whilst promoting our rights to free speech.
Technology to combat crime, and technology used to assist in crime will also be a central theme of the conference.
“Law Shaping Technology; Technology Shaping the Law”
Security and privacy of our personal information is becoming a central theme with the rise in social networking technologies and user generated content. Have sites such as Facebook and YouTube responded in a timely and effective manner to safeguard our data, whilst promoting our rights to free speech.
Technology to combat crime, and technology used to assist in crime will also be a central theme of the conference.
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
End of term meal 2007
We all agreed to an outing at 6.30pm on Thursady, 6th December 2007. The funds provided by the HOD would offset the bill for food while everyone would have to pay for his/her drink.
Thai Dragon Restaurant. 35 East Hill, Colchester, CO1 2QX
Thai Dragon Restaurant. 35 East Hill, Colchester, CO1 2QX
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