A range of helpful shortcut measures was mooted, including expedited recognition of judgments and an EU-wide register of infringing sites.Simon Malynicz QC raised the related and familiar issue that in the copyright sphere, there is scope for much more harmonisation of substantive rights in copyright, but that there does not appear to be the political will to take this step.A question from the floor raised the point that the Dutch ISP case of BREIN v ZIGGO and XS4ALL and… [read post]

When I first read David Streitfeld’s article headline: “Homes at Risk, and No Help From Lawyers,” which ran on December 20th, in The New York Times I thought… Wow, well it’s about time… maybe someone’s finally gotten it. [read post]