Cases
Can a court order stop a torrent file?
I’ve just finished reading the fascinating case of AMP v Persons Unknown [2011] EWHC 3454 (TCC) via the IP Osgoode blog. This is a BitTorrent case with a twist, as it is NOT a copyright case. Perhaps we have grown Read more
ACTA
So what’s up with ACTA?
After the (at least for now) defeat of SOPA and PIPA, the copyfight has been moving towards a more international setting with the arrest of the Megaupload owners in New Zealand, and now with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). In Read more
Cybercrime
Dutch Supreme Court says virtual goods are property
(Via Greg Lastowka) The Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has delivered a ground-breaking ruling which declares that virtual goods from the popular online player game Runescape are to be considered goods in accordance to Dutch law, Read more
Jurisdiction
Internet jurisdiction revisited
Imagine that you are employed by Twitter, and decide to go to Thailand for your vacations. You are really looking forward to your trip, so you obviously tweet about it in advance. When leaving, you engage in typical Twitter banter Read more
Cases
Chile enforces net neutrality for the first time, sort of
(via Jose Otero) In 2010 Chile became one of the first countries in the world to enact a net neutrality legislation. The law 20.453 enacts a three-pronged approach to protect users against abuse, firstly by determining that Internet Service Providers Read more
Enforcement
SOPA and network architecture
The media frenzy over the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act (SOPA and PIPA respectively) appears to be finally dying down after last week’s Internet blackout, mostly due to the shocking news regarding the shutting down of Read more
Blogging
TechnoLlama in 2011
Jetpack by WordPress has a very interesting feature that offers the year in statistics. Here are mine. TechnoLlama in 2011. From the report: “The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 80,000 times in Read more
Enforcement
The implications of Megaupload
May you live in interesting times, the Chinese say. Oh my, aren’t we blessed? The file-sharing site Megaupload has been the subject of an international law enforcement operation by U.S. authorities, who have arrested six men charged with running an Read more
Hacktivism
Web activism grows up, but beware its narrow focus
As Wikipedia goes silent today in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), and as other Internet giants unite their voices against the proposed legislations, we could really say that Web activism is Read more