Privacy from Birth to Death and Beyond
The image on the left is a detail from a poster advertising a symposium on Friday 8 March 2013 in NUI Galway on: Privacy from Birth to Death and Beyond: European and American Perspectives The Continue Reading
Combating Cyberbullying – updated
Further to my post on fighting anonymity with anonymity: open justice and cyberbullying and the tragedies of Amanda Todd, Ciara Pugsley, and Erin Gallagher, RTÉ news reports that a national youth Continue Reading
YouTube, Facebook, and the responsibilities of intermediary gatekeepers
In my previous post, I argued that, as a matter of principle, the controversial American anti-Islamic video should not be censored. The most obvious form of censorship comes from government action, Continue Reading
Defamation and internet publication in the Irish Supreme Court
In Coleman v MGN Limited IESC 20 (15 March 2012) (here and here), Denham J held: 10. The claim is now one of internet publication based on the jurisprudence in the linked cases of eDate Continue Reading
Is internet access a human right?
A recent United Nations Human Rights Council report examined the important question of whether internet access is a human right. Whilst the Special Rapporteur’s Continue Reading
Great post by @AndrewDMurray on The IT Lawyer blog: New Approach to Privacy (on AMP v Persons Unknown http://ht.ly/858g5)
You cannot ask Torrent Trackers or the providers of Torrent Clients to block as they essentially cannot do so due to the nature of BitTorrent. What you can do though is prevent people from Continue Reading
Network Neutrality in the EU and Canada
Net neutrality matters. The basic principle of equal access to the internet - and consequent absence of discriminatory restrictions upon or priorities for ISPs, governments, classes of content, kinds Continue Reading
Fair Use: Be careful what you wish for!
A little later than promised, here are some thoughts that occurred to me at the recent seminar on Promoting innovation – Reshaping the Law for the Digital Economy (which I blogged here and here). Continue Reading
Hi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.
