I had the pleasure of being invited to the Second General Assembly of MAPPING (Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and Internet Governance), which was held in Prague over three days at the end of October/start of November. As with the First Assembly of MAPPING, I was invited by Oleksandr Pastukhov (University of Malta) to be […]
Copyright – Enforcement
IPSC 2016 – Stanford Law School
I had a great time, back in August, at the 16th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference IPSC held this year in Stanford Law School. It is the second time I take part in the IPSC and as with the previous time as was impressed by the size and quality of the conference. Here’s a […]
My SLS talk on The reform of the HADOPI and of the French graduated response after the Lescure Review
Here the full presentation from the SLS conference
The SLS 2013 conference at the Edinburgh Law School
The 2013 annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholar is in full swing at the Edinburgh Law School. There is a great programme, notably in the IP/IT sections. Unfortunately, I am going to miss the first few days because I am just starting my new job at Edinburgh. Will be presenting on Thursday […]
France revokes ability to disconnect convicted file-sharers from the Internet
French courts will not be able to disconnect convicted file-sharers from the internet anymore.[1][2] On 8th July 2013, the French Culture minister issued a decree modifying the graduated response scheme and removing the disconnection penalty.[3] Under the graduated response mechanism introduced in 2009-2010, French courts were able to disconnect people who had been found guilty […]
My Bileta 2013 paper: Disconnecting the HADOPI and the French graduated response?
My presentation made at Bileta 2013 on the French copyright system and its future in light of the upcoming Lescure Review