Garry Mackay On 4 Jul 2014, at 18:00, “Garry Mackay” wrote: Ok so I know that I should just ignore it but this little voice kept saying “go for it” and so with a degree of anticipation I went to Google basecamp and got my first introduction to google glass. First impressions are mixed but…
The debate about net neutrality continues to gather momentum. The FCC watered down approach to permit “commercial reasonable” deals will see the start (albeit constrained) two lane internet. The ability to degrade one service to provide a premium service to others is going to undermine one of the primary foundation stones of the internet –…
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….and achieves nothing. According to the BBC a deal between the ISPs and the internet industry will see a watered down “educational” letter sent to individuals illegally downloading content. All sounds great and the ISPs must be breathing a huge sigh of relief that they have avoided the draconian measures initially proposed under the Digital…
As a lawyer it pains me to admit that the only real victors in the “back and forth” patent wars is……yep, the lawyers. The latest “victory” for Apple saw the tech giant awarded nearly $120m against Samsung. Sounds great but the original claim from Apple ran into the billions and in part here lies the…
is this really resolving the problem? The closure of IsoHunt and the $110,000,000+ in damages is another victory for the music and movie industry and highlights that copyright infringement law in its current guise is sufficiently robust to tackle the major infringers. However, as we all know from the past experience of Megaupload, Napster and…
According to the BBC website, digital media is now seen as “mainstream”. No idea what makes something mainstream but seems to me that downloading (whether legal or illegal) has been “mainstream” for some time. Yes – I accept that some will still prefer the look and feel of physical media (my mum still rues the…
No – this isn’t HMRC asking for a larger slice by way of tax – instead we now have shareholders taking actions against Apple for not distributing its ever growing pile of (offshore) cash reserves. In fairness – he has a point in that you invest in a company in the hope of generating a…
