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• Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2013-05-22

  • The Internet, which lives forever, is a stalker’s best torture device http://t.co/dONJCIBXrF ->
  • US Supreme Court to hear another Case Involving Licensees in Good Standing who Challenge Patent Rights http://t.co/2t7OD7hUZE ->
  • Judge confirms Google's right to jury trial on Microsoft's breach-of-FRAND-contract claims http://t.co/kLDhUWLK1O ->
  • Amazon's cloud services cleared for US government use | http://t.co/379H9hPYIN ->
  • Chinese hackers who breached Google reportedly targeted classified data http://t.co/rVn3uHIhB6 ->
  • Think your Skype messages get end-to-end encryption? Think again http://t.co/GQWCJ27JrE ->
  • Eminem's Music Publisher Suing Facebook http://t.co/ArI6NzWsPU ->
  • Blogged, Are smartphones computer systems under the Criminal Code? R v Cockell – http://t.co/v1Fde5hPdQ ->
  • Are smartphones computer systems under the Criminal Code? R v Cockell: Every now and again you read decisions… http://t.co/1rO9TX3TR4 ->
  • Tim Cook tells Congress why Apple won’t move $100 billion back home http://t.co/aExyKemUDV ->
  • Cuomo plays fashion police with Khloe Kardashian, warns of copyright violation on T-shirt http://t.co/FvRX43riPd ->
  • IP Osgoode » A Cautionary Kudos: Canada Moves Up on USTR IP Watch List http://t.co/OjJuF1LCSQ ->
  • Intellectual Property Law in Canada » Revoking an “Implied” Software License http://t.co/NUunW29yQO ->
  • The EU mandate to negotiate the TTIP: should copyright be an outcast? http://t.co/Yg5ZwO1LHk ->
  • Google Canada faces Competition Bureau investigation http://t.co/CbsbZu5qcf ->

  
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  • A question of values
  • Canada’s anti-spam law, too much of a good thing
  • Change and the Copyright Modernization Act
  • Contracting for a cloud computing deal?
  • Copyright law 2012: the year in review in Canada and around the world
  • CRTC Issues CASL (Canada’s Anti-Spam Law) Guidelines, background and commentary
  • Developments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2011-2012)
  • Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations – Much Work Remains
  • Evaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: my submission to the consultation
  • Evaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: why they are needed
  • Fixing CASL: comments on the draft CRTC and Industry Canada regulations
  • Hyperlinking and ISP liability clarified by Supreme Court in Crookes case
  • Impacts of Bill C-28 (the new anti-SPAM and anti-spyware legislation)
  • Is Google News legal?
  • Most popular intellectual property and technology law blogs
  • My C-32 opening remarks
  • My remarks to the Senate Committee studying Bill C-11
  • New CASL regulations coming but will they fall short?
  • Privacy law PIPA unconstitutional says Alberta CA in UFCW v Alberta
  • Reflections on the new CRTC CASL regulations
  • Rethinking FISA (Canada's Anti-SPAM law)
  • So you want to protect computer programs by copyright, the Oracle v Google and SAS v WPL cases
  • Social media, intellectual property and the workplace, is there a gap in the law?
  • Some observations on Bill C-11: The Copyright Modernization Act
  • The Supreme Court rules on copyright
  • Understanding Flava Works v myVidster: does inline linking infringe copyright?
  • Will it be illegal to recommend a dentist under Canada’s new anti-spam law (CASL)?
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