Dr Gillian Black and Leslie Stevens* Abstract Data protection in the public sector has suffered from a number of high profile breaches over the last decade, revealing a culture of weak compliance, especially in comparison with that in the private
Public Service Broadcasters or Government Mouthpieces – An Appraisal Of Public Service Broadcasting in Botswana
Tachilisa Badala Balule* Abstract Public service broadcasting is a critical component of modern democratic societies. These broadcasters are expected to serve the general public interest by providing for the informational needs and interests of citizens in order to empower them
Engineering Compliant Software: Advising Developers by Automating Legal Reasoning
Daniel Oberle† & Felix Drefs* & Richard Wacker*& Christian Baumann† & Oliver Raabe* Abstract The impact of software on human interactions is ever increasing. However, software developers are often unaware of statutory provisions that regulate human interactions. As a consequence,
Legal Challenges Posed by Online Aggregation of Museum Content: The Cases Of Europeana and the Google Art Project
Vagelis Papakonstantinou* and Paul de Hert** Abstract Museums are, in most cases, publicly-owned holders of vast amounts of information that are, by definition, open to everyone. Location restrictions, however, usually limit public access. The Internet could change this: once museums
Implementing the IP Chapter of the FTA between Chile and the USA: Criticisms and Realities from a Developing Country Perspective
Elisa Walker Echenique* Abstract There is an intensive discussion about the incorporation of intellectual property (IP) terms in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Some legal scholars suggest that IP terms constitute the price that developing countries have to pay in order
Relationships Between Patent Claim Terms and Competitiveness in Lawsuits
Takashi Miyazawa*and Hiroshi Osada** Abstract The mere acquisition of a patent does not guarantee success in a claim of patent infringement. The patent claim terms of a patent claim play a crucial role in patent enforcement or litigation, since they
Anticipating Conflict—An Evaluation of the New gTLD Dispute Resolution System
Kevin McGillivray* Abstract The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has implemented an ambitious programme to expand the domain name system. The programme will make available new generic-Top-Level-Domain names (“gTLDs”). New gTLDs, the letters after the last dot
China and the Internet: Expanding on Lessig’s Regulation Nightmares
Vasileios Karagiannopoulos * Abstract This paper focuses on the Internet policies of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It discusses the ways the governing Communist Party of the PRC manipulates factors that regulate behaviour online to an extent that actually
Tolerance is law: Remixing Homage, Parodying Plagiarism
Mathias Klang & Jan Nolin* Abstract Three centuries have passed since copyright law was developed to stimulate creativity and promote learning. The fundamental principles still apply, despite radical developments in the technology of production and distribution of cultural material. In
Lawyers and Cyberspace: Seeing the Elephant?
Martina Gillen * Abstract This paper considers the problem of Internet regulation, and how it has been exacerbated by poor theoretical models for cyberspace. Furthermore, it considers how the conceptual difficulties with regard to the nature of cyberspace have been