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The Strange Case of SOCA and Conspiracy to Defraud

Lilian Edwards
February 15, 2012 14:07

Pangloss is intrigued and slightly amazed to discover that a well known download site called "Rnbxclusive" was taken down yesterday by authority of SOCA, the UK's Serious and Organised Crime Agency and its front page replaced with this: On being questioned by various, including the highly...

Happy new year!

Lilian Edwards
January 24, 2012 14:20

Department of you can't make this stuff up, via Thomas Otter...

Wikileaks and intermediary ethics : the tunnel at the end of the light?

Lilian Edwards
November 30, 2011 02:35

Pangloss is amused in a schadenfreude-ish way to see two developments this week she sort of predicted in big ongoing stories about Wikileaks and online copyright enforcement (Newzbin).Back in February this year (and indeed, earlier), I commented that one of the most unsettling aspects of the...

Launching the Centre for Internet Law and Policy at Strathclyde

Lilian Edwards
November 16, 2011 19:55

Pangloss is off to London tomorrow to chair the SCL Policy Forum: run don't walk if you still want to get a ticket as I believe there are a few still available! Which will be followed by an (I hope) well earned pre-term week away to foreign climes..But before I disappear I want to start plugging my...

Why Google + is doomed

Lilian Edwards
November 09, 2011 23:22

This analysis is so good it's worth quoting from not just retweeting.But a social network isn’t a product; it’s a place. Like a bar or a club, a social network needs a critical mass of people to be successful—the more people it attracts, the more people it attracts. Google couldn’t have possibly...

Digital IP job at Strathclyde

Lilian Edwards
October 11, 2011 21:39

Following fast on the news about the PhD and Postdoc, here is stage 3 of the world domination plan..Strathclyde is appointing 4-6 new jobs at Chair/Reader/SL/L depending on the nature and qualiy of applicants. While these jobs are open to any specialisation, we are very keen on acquiring a Digital...

Want to apply for a postdoc with me at Strathclyde University?

Lilian Edwards
October 10, 2011 23:53

Full details at http://www.mis.strath.ac.uk/Personnel/open/r812011.htm but here's the gist..POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE SALARY RANGE £29,099 - £35,788 (2 YEARS FIXED TERM) SCHOOL OF LAW 1. NATURE OF APPOINTMENT The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is seeking to appoint a 2...

An Interview with Mark Stephens at Strathclyde university!

Lilian Edwards
August 03, 2011 13:50

“In Conversation with Mark Stephens” Mark Stephens, CBEPartner at Finers Stephens Innocent The recent controversy surrounding Wikileaks and Julian Assange has raised many questions about freedom of information and the use of European arrest warrants. Mr Assange has been described as both a...

Newzbin 2: Landmark or Laughing Stock?

Lilian Edwards
August 03, 2011 13:33

In answer to my own not so jocular question in the title, the answer is, I truely don't know..So the long awaited decision in Newzbin 2 aka Twentieth Century Fox et al v BT [2011] EWHC 1981 (Ch) is out. Pangloss has not had time to read the details yet of this lengthy judgment (she is longing to,...

Want to do a PhD with me in what happens to your FB profile when you die?

Lilian Edwards
August 02, 2011 23:32

I'm very happy to announce the below (and even happier to acknowledge the support here of the Horizons DTC and its Directors , Derek Macaulay and Tom Rodden. This should be fun :) PhD Studentship in Law University of Strathclyde - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – School of Law -– ...