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The people are revolting
I was horrified, but also amused, by this story from the Irish Times last week. A response sent in the name of a Junior Minister, Michael Finneran, lays into those who would dare to make...
View ArticleData Retention Ireland
The Minister for Justice in Ireland published the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill last week: it was made available on the Oireachtas website (and brought to my attention by the ever-helpful...
View ArticleIreland’s new coalition on media, IT & IP law
Here are some first thoughts on how the just-published coalition agreement (Fine Gael and Labour) in Ireland proposes to deal with issues of interest to cyberlaw and media law. I’ve picked out some key...
View ArticleGuest post for Human Rights in Ireland
Human Rights in Ireland is a group blog that contains many useful posts on, as you might expect, human rights in Ireland. I was very pleased to write a guest post for the blog, which has just been...
View ArticleCopyright Review Committee
Here’s a copy (PDF 152K) of the letter I sent to the Copyright Review Committee in Ireland (chaired by Dr. Eoin O’Dell), after a helpful extension to the deadline. It’s a short submission, although I...
View ArticleIreland, injunctions and copyright
This week has seen a debate break out in the press and parliament of Ireland ( and beyond) on the familiar question in copyright law of injunctions sought by rightsholders against intermediaries. This...
View ArticleThe copyright debate in Ireland: a keyboard warrior mans the bearna baoil
So, the Dail (lower house of parliament) debated the proposed changes to Irish copyright legislation yesterday (Tuesday). Over the last ten days, this has become a very significant debate. The Irish...
View ArticleCopyright Reform at IP Osgoode
I’ve written about the (Irish) Copyright Review Committee for the excellent IP Osgoode blog. You can read the full post here. Remember, the deadline for submissions has been extended to the end of...
View ArticleCyberlaw at the Society of Legal Scholars
I’m at the annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholars, where I’ll be convening the Media & Communications section later in the week. Yesterday, though, I had the pleasant opportunity to...
View ArticlePSA: Hibernian Law Journal 2013
With permission, here is a recent email I received from the editors of the Hibernian Law Journal. You can contact the journal via email. Established in 1999, the Hibernian Law Journal is a legal...
View ArticleWhen Irish eyes are watching
Last year, I was invited to give a ‘response’ to two very interesting papers at a seminar of the British Association for Comparative Law. The papers, by Paula Giliker and Elspeth Christie Reid, were on...
View ArticleTen things to read about today’s data retention decision
I am a fair-weather blogger, and so I cannot remember the last time I had so many visits or retweets in a day. Piggybacking on the unexpected traffic boost, here are ten things worth reading (from...
View ArticleBlame it all on my roots
This month has seen two very different stories about emergency legislation emerge on either side of the Irish Sea. Here follows the results of my ruminating on the stories (my word of the week after...
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