Radar: Technology & Communications Update - September 2011
It’s been a rather more eventful summer news cycle than usual this year what with the phone hacking scandal and the riots. There’s been more than enough coverage on those issues so while they certainly touch on communications and privacy, we’re going to concentrate on some of the issues you may not have been following so closely over the last two months.
- Website blocking measures under the Digital Economy Act 2010 on hold for now
The Government has said it will not be bringing in website blocking measures under the Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA), at least for now. - The long arm of the law and copyright
A Supreme Court judgment suggests that English Courts can hear cases relating to infringement of foreign copyright while the US seeks to extend its jurisdiction. - What exactly does ‘consent’ mean in relation to data protection and cookies?
The Article 29 Working Party states categorically that in order to be valid, consent must be prior. - Headlines and short extracts do attract copyright says Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court judgment in the Meltwater case which deals with downloading of headlines and articles.
Lawyers Graham Hann, Glyn Morgan, Christopher Jeffery, Patrick Clark
