Written by Hans Graux on in the category Copyright & other IP with the tags open source, Mozilla Public License, MPL, GPL, license compatibility, software license.
Mozilla Public License v2 aims to facilitate open source software development involving multiple licenses
Written by Hans Graux on in the category Cybercrime with the tags Belgium, cybercrime, stalking, cyberstalking, Constitutional Court.
Different criteria for stalking and cyberstalking are not discriminatory
Written by Hans Graux on in the category Cybercrime with the tags legal aspects, ENISA, CERT, RAND, information sharing.
Report for ENISA, drafted by Neil Robinson and Hans Graux examines the legal and regulatory aspects of information sharing
Written by Stefan Van Camp on in the category News & announcements
The EU Court of Justice confirmed that a cosmetics group is not allowed to prohibit its appointed distributors to sell its products via the internet. In its block exemption for vertical restraints of 2010, the EU Commission tried to combine the open internet market with the requirements of selective and exclusive distribution systems. Can sales restrictions survive in an open virtual market ?
Written by Fanny Coudert on in the category E-pinion with the tags Facebook, timeline, privacy, data protection, right to be forgotten.
Facebook recently launched 'Timeline'. Through this tool, users can share their personal history with friends and family. The privacy risks to end users are however very real, and shed new light on the need for a 'right to be forgotten'. Fanny Coudert of time.lex examines this concept in further detail.
Written by Edwin Jacobs on in the category E-business with the tags Directive, Regulations, Bitcoin, e-money.
Edwin Jacobs takes a look at the legal challenges surrounding Bitcoin
Written by Hans Graux on in the category Rules & regulations with the tags electronic registered mail, laws, Belgium, eSignatures, trust services, TTP.
A mere ten days before it would have entered into force, the new legislation is taken off the books
Written by Geert Somers on in the category Rules & regulations with the tags Cookies, Direct marketing, Directive, Privacy, Regulations.
The deadline for implementation of the revised e-privacy directive is rapidly aproaching. Website operators and providers of marketing services are left with a number of questions and uncertainty in relation to the use of website cookies. Geert Somers of time.lex gives a deeper look into the new legal guidelines for the interpretation of the directive.
Written by Hans Graux on in the category E-pinion with the tags Copyright, Court of Justice, GUI.
The status of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a computer program as a work covered by copyright comes up frequently in legal discussions between software companies. A decision issued by the Court of Justice in December 2010 may add further nuances to the discussions.
Written by Fanny Coudert on in the category Copyright & other IP with the tags Copyright, filtering, ISP, Court of Justice, SABAM, Scarlet.
According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón the significant restrictions to fundamental rights posed by filtering and blocking electronic communications systems in order to protect intellectual property rights cannot be based on a national court order.