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A UK-based cyberlaw blog by Lilian Edwards. Specialising in online privacy and security law, cybercrime, online intermediary law (including eBay and Google law), e-commerce, digital property, filesharing and whatever captures my eye:-) Based at The Law School of Strathclyde University . From January 2011, I will be Professor of E-Governance at Strathclyde University, and my email address will be lilian.edwards@strath.ac.uk .

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Phoul is fair and fair is Phorm?

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Apparently, as a member of the ORG and FIPR Advisory Boards, plus interested blogger , I am part of "the hydra-headed gang of onlin...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Pull The Other One, It's Got Emails On It

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Pangloss's fevered response to just watching Jacqui Smith on BBC News at Ten: Yeh, Jacqui Smith, you're not creating the giant supe...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Pirate Bay climbs aboard Google!

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Well, kinda. As Boing-Boing says: "When The Pirate Bay was ordered shut down by the Swedish courts because it linked to infringing tor...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

GikII 3 - Amsterdam: call for papers

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You've already had the date but here's the blurb.. Feel free to distribute this as widely as possible. GikII Comes to Amsterdam! ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Cheese eating surrender monkeys did it!

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For those who like an end to their stories, a plausible answer to the #amazonfail kerfuffle I blogged yesterday has emerged : it seems the F...

Phun times ahead for Phorm

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The European commission has decided to go ahead with taking action against the UK for failing toproper;y regulate the targeted advertising s...
Monday, April 13, 2009

From Twitter for Geriatrics, to #amazonfail

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Following on from my post on Facebook stats , here's an interesting set of factoids that came out over the Easter weekend about Twitter...
Thursday, April 09, 2009

French Reject Three Strikes!

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This is stunningly unexpected but wonderful news. "French politicians have unexpected voted against a law that would have forced ISPs t...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

SCRIPT-ed Conference: Twitter Madness!

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Pangloss is now at the second day of SCRIPT-ed which is, as expected, both fascinating and well attended. Have taken various types of notes...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Stross/Doctorow event, May 1 London

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This is well worth advertising- wish I could be there! http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/27/ope n-rights-group-be.html Charlie Stross and I ...

Facebook reaches 200 million members

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Interesting graphics from the New York Times on the rise and rise of Facebook: which has doubled its global membership from 100 to 200 milli...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Just has to be quoted

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The venerable IPKat has stepped away from his normal utter respectability to nail my also esteemed colleague Geeklawyer: " The IPKat ha...
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Democracy Comes to Facebook?

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Facebook is soliciting public comments on proposed new terms and conditions - see Facebook Principles Rights and Responsibilities Pangloss i...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Google Street View - Up Your Street?

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Many of my friends and colleagues have been having fun with Google Street View since it went live in the UK last week . My social networking...
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Thursday, March 05, 2009

Great News Euro GikII PHiles!

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"GikII 4, Amsterdam 2009 The fourth installment of GikII will take place on 17-18 September 2009 in Amsterdam, hosted by the Institute ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Facebook U-Turn on New Terms and Conditions

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Following Facebook's recent climbdown on their change of terms & conditions to continue claiming a license to use and publish user ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

When MI5 tell you the state is spying on its citizens too much...

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.. they're probably right? Stella Rimington, our very own real life M, in unlikeliest declaration of support for the forces of light of...
Monday, February 16, 2009

It's Sooooooooo GikII!!

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I'm very happy to announce that the success of GikII over the last three years has spawned an Australian spin-off, to be known as SoGikI...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Countdown to the Digital Britain report..

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Latest from The Times : "Internet service providers will not be forced to disconnect users who repeatedly flout the law by illegally sh...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Google times are here again

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Pangloss has found (via Google, how else!?) a rather interesting blog called http://blogoscoped.com/ . It contains a little gem called Googl...
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