Digital Media Law

Recent Posts from Digital Media Law

• The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009

  Blog Author: Tony Ballard  “Would you tell me please,” said Alice, “what that means?”* After lengthy consultations and the circulation to stakeholders of drafts, the Regulations implementing the AVMS Directive have been made and laid…

• Net neutrality is to be imposed on US ISPs under FCC proposals. Is there a judicial trend towards similar principles being imposed in Europe?

  Net neutrality in the US   Last Monday (21 September), the new Chairman of the FCC announced proposals for applying principles of non-discrimination and transparency to companies that control access to the internet.  Describing the…

• When are search engines liable?

  Blog Author: Cate Haywood Metropolitan International Schools Ltd v (1) Designtechnica Corporation (2) Google UK Ltd & (3) Google Inc [2009] EWHC 1765 (QB) The High Court has set aside an Order to serve Google…

• Liability of apps providers

  Blog Author: Mark Owen  Content is “sold” for the Kindle eBook reader over a private Amazon network, Whispernet. This is only available in the US. Publishers upload content to the network which Amazon then makes…

• Project Canvas – what will be on the new platform and on what terms?

  Blog Author: Tony Ballard  What is Project Canvas exactly?  And on what terms do content providers have access to it?  Prompted by complaints from some parts of the industry, the BBC Trust has now (23…

• Remedies for illicit peer-to-peer file sharing: a conflict of fundamental rights

  Blog Author: Tony Ballard  Nobody, least of all the government, expects that dealing with illegal peer to peer file sharing will be easy.  Digital Britain sensibly recognises that convenient access to legal content is as…

• Is an Age Verification Law on the Cards?

  Blog Author: Mark Owen The purchase of many types of goods and services requires the purchaser to be of a particular age, usually 18 or over.  The list of items includes many which are regularly…

• The Pirate Bay

  Blog Author: Tony Ballard It was unfortunate for the team of individuals who brought the Pirate Bay website to the world that they were in Sweden.  As they have discovered to their cost, copyright infringement…

• Digital Rights Agency – A Workable Solution or Just a Hope?

  Blog author: Nicolas Murfett The problem of illegal file sharing has been around since the dawn of the internet. Traditionally the problem was limited to the select few with the technological resources to be able…

• The BBC – The Solution to Universal Connectivity?

  Blog author: Tony Ballard  The interim Digital Britain report proposes a digital “Universal Service Commitment” (USC) in broadband by 2012.  This is not quite the same kind of thing as the universal service obligation (USO),…