I’ve been unable to keep up with the latest machinations following the pre vote leak earlier this week and the actual vote on Thursday, due to utter deadline crises, but brave LawClanger and Monica Horten are still right in there, keeping us informe…
The Register reports that in this extremely bizarre case, Lorie Drew has been found guilty of unauthorised access to the MySpace website, ie a crime rather than a civil infringement - because in breach of its terms and conditions, she pretended to be…
It’s funny how things creep up on you. A year ago e-government was still just another buzz word to me ; e-commerce yes; but do my public sector stuff online? Nah.And yet in the laast couple of months. I have paid for my road tax online, ditto for my TV…
>> Art. 81 infringement must be examined first by looking at object of agreement concerned. Only when analysis not revealing effect on competition sufficiently deleterious should actual effects be considered. In light of the high overcapacity in the Ir…
>> Court articulates criteria absolute impossibility of giving effect to decisionDecision 2004/343 classified as a State aid scheme a scheme of tax exemptions provided for in three provisions of the French General Tax Code. These provisions exempted co…
The story is now on OUT Law and El Reg (and of course ORG).Hugh Hancock has set up a Facebook group to help campaign- go join!I’m also advised the email addresses of the Ministers to write to should you wish to areStephen Carter : mpst.carter@berr.gsi…
Just as we have long had a debate in digicircles about ethical hacking, do we now have to start having it about ethical online leaking?Thought inspired by the much bally hooed leak of the entire BNP membership list in breach of court injunction.WikiLea…
Following a call for tenders, Coditel applied for a concession to operate the cable television network of the Municipality of Uccle. However, the Uccle municipal council (town hall pictured above) subsequently decided to sell the network rather than g…
In apparently lighter vein (though still serious stuff at root), that famed investigative journal , the Daily Mail!! has sparked controversy with an undercover FOI operation which has revealed that half of Britain’s local councils are using powers unde…
If you have been following the 3 strikes in Europe saga thus far on this blog, you may be interested in taking part in the campaign La Quadrature du Net has now launched to preserve Amendment 138, the amendment to the Telecoms Package which expressly p…