freedom of expression

Guest post: Being Generation Y

March 16, 2012 12:45

This guest post was written by Nastassja de la Guerre, a candidate attorney at Jacobson Attorneys. You can follow Nastassja on Twitter at @ndelaguerre. The spread and ever increasingly availability of the Internet and digital and media technologies are the biggest evolution in human history since...

I thought I was writing a blog; turns out I'm a threat to humanity

February 06, 2012 17:39

We need to address the threat to humanity posed by the tsunami of unverifiable data, opinion, libel and vulgar abuse in new media. I know all the stuff about it being a tool of freedom and democracy, and I also know it has the capacity to destroy civil society and cause unimaginable suffering....

"The law should be predictable as to what is mandated and what is forbidden"

February 06, 2012 15:24

One of the strongest arguments against the proposed copyright statutory instrument is that it is so vague as to make it impossible to predict what it might require of internet intermediaries. The proposal is entirely silent in relation to the most basic issues where one might expect clarity. What...

Irish copyright regulations unnecessary

February 05, 2012 21:08

Senior Counsel John Gordon has a clear explanation as to why Sean Sherlock's proposed copyright regulations are unnecessary in today's Sunday Business Post. I've taken the liberty of reproducing the entire piece here:Simplistic Internet regulations court troubleAmendments to copyright law for...

Ireland's SOPA: A FAQ

February 01, 2012 21:03

What's this all about?Long story short: the Irish government plans, before the end of January, to bring in a law which would allow Irish courts to block access to websites accused of infringing copyright (and possibly do other things as well).Isn't that a short time for parliament to examine it?The...