Farming: Computer law’s new (rather old) frontier
Dr Fernando Barrio reveals a crop of IP, data and privacy issues associated with new techniques in agricultural production….
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Singapore’s anti fake news law: now used 3 times but does not make posts disappear
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore corespondent, reports on the first uses of the Singapore’s Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA)….
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This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
MEP priorities for Digital Services, Act, ICO blog post, e-scooter inqury, CAA drone guidance, European parliament briefing on cryptoassets, WTO e-commerce report, ICANN consultation and reports on contract tracing in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week….
STEAM NOT STEM! Training, jobs and education in the age of AI
Lord Tim Clement-Jones ponders the impact that the growing use of AI will have on the world of work and what that means for the development of the curriculum. Adapted from his opening scene-setting speech delivered to the SCL World Café in November 2019….
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Cryptoassets are property and Smart Contracts can satisfy the basic requirements of English contract law says new legal statement
A Legal Statement on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts has been launched by the Chancellor of the High Court…
High Court judgment in rare database right case
The High Court has ruled that 77m Ltd’s use of address data infringed the database rights of Ordnance Survey Ltd…
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ASA upholds complaint about targeting of online advertising The ASA has upheld a complaint this week relating to an advertisement which appeared on a children’s TV channel for Popjam, a social media site for 7-12 year olds. The complainant was concerned that the advertisement’s encouragement to “get likes and followers to level up” could be…
TuneIn radio aggregator service infringed right to communicate musical copyright works to public holds High Court
High Court issues decision in Warner Music UK Ltd & Ors v Tunein Inc [2019] EWHC 2923 (Ch)…
Open Source, Collaboration and the future of software
In our first contribution to our Predictions and Reflections for the year Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, reflects on her year in open source software, where it has come from and why it matters for the future….
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In Other News: This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill has first reading in Parliament The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill has had its first reading in Parliament. The bill will provides for new powers to ensure that airports modernise their airspace, and fine those that don’t implement changes quickly enough. The bill will also hand…
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