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Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm
AS Profile Throughout its history the Pirate Bay has been subject to repeated legal threats and 'cease and desist' orders for enabling the sharing of pirated works - but has survived all of them. Peter 'brokep' Sunde and Gottfrid... [07 Oct 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain
AS Profile Zittrain came to Oxford from the Harvard Law School, where he was the Jack N and Lillian R Berkman assistant professor for entrepreneurial legal studies - and holds degrees in both law and artificial intelligence. [07 Oct 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's tracking your online trail?
Comment Do you know how your personal data is being used online? If you value your privacy, you should, says lawyer Ruth Hoy. With the advent of social networking and the expansion of search engine capabilities, even the most reluctant web 2.0... [01 Oct 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's to blame for data loss?
Comment DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with more than 3,700 lawyers across 64 offices and 25 countries. Safeguarding data for government departments has never been an easy task but the last... [17 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.09.08
Round-Up Opik, who can regularly be seen weaving along the country lanes on his Segway around his home in Newtown, Wales (really) believes the machines will be legal on UK roads by Christmas. But the Round-Up is here to prove... [12 Sep 2008]
Minority Report: Apple to rock us with new iPods?
Comment There are the usual leaked images of nanos doing the rounds online, although given none have been removed at the behest of Apple's legal team, the dedicated Photoshoppers may be wide of the mark. What does Apple have in... [08 Sep 2008]
Legal Eye: File-sharers under fire
Comment DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with more than 3,700 lawyers across 64 offices and 25 countries. You're now more likely to get caught. Lawyer John McKinlay explains why. [03 Sep 2008]
Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights
Comment I'd like to thank Andrew Perry of legal.consult pty of Sydney, Australia for interesting discussions during the preparation of the article. Quite apart from whether legal rights can be established,... [01 Sep 2008]
Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Legal experts, procurement, technical, business and alike are also brought in from throughout the organisation but all with "real jobs" that they go back to. Not just procurement, legal or IT, but a team... [20 Aug 2008]
Are your systems falling down on resiliency?
Comment The worst kind of disruption - with financial or legal repercussions or resulting in damaged reputation - is suffered by 20 per cent of organisations at least once per quarter. Few outside the IT department realise just... [12 Aug 2008]
eBay pays a high price for fakes
Comment Legal Eye For example, in 2007 L'Oréal started legal action against eBay in five European countries over the sale of counterfeit perfume and cosmetics. The French courts have already dealt several... [01 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with more than 3,700 lawyers across 64 offices and 25 countries. It signals a new intent to tighten online policing, says lawyer Simon Levine. [22 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with more than 3,700 lawyers across 64 offices and 25 countries. A major European ruling involving mobile operators O2 and 3 has big implications for... [16 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ The McCue Interview: Martin Taylor, group CIO, LCH.Clearnet ¦ Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy ¦ Photos: Say... [19 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with more than 3,700 lawyers across 64 offices and 25 countries. But can a resolution be found that suits everyone, asks lawyer Neville Cordell. [18 Jun 2008]
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