FAST Blog
Issue 2, 2020
News: Global privacy expectation on video teleconference providers in the wake of Covid-19
Case Law Update: Software copyright infringement summary judgement application dismissed by the High Court
Book Recommendation The Road to Conscious Machines: The Story of AI – Michael Wooldridge
Issue 1, 2020
News: COVID-19 and online privacy
Case Law Update: The European Court questions the possibility of the exhaustion of rights in copyright for the digital marketplace
Book Recommendation The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch
Issue 4, 2019
News: General Election 2019 and the UK software sector
Legislation & Case Law Update: EU report shows levels of internet piracy falling among younger people
Consultation: Cyber Security Incentives and Regulation Review 2020: Call for Evidence
Book Recommendation Super Pumped: the Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac
Issue 3, 2019
News: Whatsapp vulnerability targeted by hackers
Legislation & Case Law Update: Irish Supreme Court dismisses Facebook’s bid to prevent European Court of Justice looking into its US-EU date transfers
Consultation: BEIS consults on Smart Data Review
Book Recommendation: The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken by the Secret Barrister
Issue 2, 2019
News: Scale of piracy revealed: piracy websites near 190 billion visits in 2018
Legislation & Case Law Update: Computer Associates UK Ltd v Software Incubator Ltd
Consultation: UK Government Publishes “Online Harms” White Paper and Launches Consultation on Proposals
Book Recommendation: The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells
Issue 1, 2019
News: UK Government publishes guidance on IP and Brexit
Legislation & Case Law Update: Court rules imposing a suspended sentence does not preclude the award of additional in copyright infringement case
Book Recommendation: Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Issue 6, 2018
News: French Tribunal declares Twitter’s copyright licence clause invalid
Legislation & Case Law Update: UK Government publishes draft copyright legislation to amend laws following Brexit
Consultation: European Commission launches Consultation on Connected and Automated Mobility
Issue 5, 2018
News: New EU copyright directive passes vote by MEPs – ‘Link Tax’ and ‘Meme Ban’
Legislation & Case Law Update: Sprint Electric Ltd v Buyer’s Dream Ltd and another [2018] EWHC 1924 (Ch)
Consultation: Work kicks-off to examine digital competition in UK
Issue 4, 2018
News: EU Parliament rejects copyright reform law
Legislation & Case Law Update: Computer Associates UK Ltd v The Software Incubator Ltd: Supply of Software is not Sale of Goods
Consultation: UK Government launches consultation on the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Issue 3, 2018
News: GDPR is here, but is Europe ready?
Legislation & Case Law Update: Facebook sued by MoneySavingExpert founder over fake adverts
Consultation: Public consultation on measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online