Welcome to Cybercrime Laws!
This blog is part of my cybercrime module taught currently at the University of Essex (UK). I see it as a database with which I, and others, can work.
The updates are not daily, partly because of lack of time, partly because it is easier to group similar subjects in one post after a week or so. RSS feeds (and sharing) are available.
The original blog was on Blogger (blogspot.com), but for maintenance purposes, transfer to Wordpress became necessary. The original blog is still up and running (I just import/export posts)
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Interpretation of traditional offences
Three scenari demonstrating how the internet affects the interpretation of criminal law Sexting: no child porn for the US courts“Court Rejects PA DAs Attempt To Charge Teens For Sexting Themselves“, TechDirt, 18 March 2010 – The court is right in … Continue reading
Meaning of "without authorisation"
Quite interesting facts and legal issue of defining what is “without authorisation”. In the US, an employee used his employer’s computer to access personal information that he then deleted. The seventh circuit court found it was hacking but the ninth … Continue reading
Google, China, HK
“Google Approach In China: Redirect To Hong Kong“, TechDirt, 22 March 2010with the original post from Google also from 22 March 2010.What I was intringued by in Google’s statement was the following sentence: “We believe this new approach of providing … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, Countries - China, Offences - Piracy
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Copyrights: our level of acceptance in surveillance and prosecution techniques
Self-explanatory and completely in line to my point of view about the level and type of surveillance we accept online being disproportionate to what we would tolerate offline; it is like the spirit of the Enlightenment being swallowed by the … Continue reading
Discipline and surveillance: school’s attitude
Pretty silly attitude for a school: education should be about transparency of thinking.And of course completely illegal, thus scary: “School Accused Of Spying On Kids In Their Homes With Spyware That Secretly Activated Webcams” TechDirt 18 February 2010
Posted in Discipline, Prevention - Security, Surveillance
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Passport control: awaking the dead
“Is Elvis Dead? Who Knows, But His Passport Made It Through Airport Security In Amsterdam“, TechDirt 01 March 2010 I like the irony of it all. Trying to secure identities of people, and yet failing badly…
Posted in Anonymity, Prevention - Security, Privacy
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Copyrights
The bug in HADOPI 2 (French version of three strikes law for piracy) was “patched” by governmental decree or statutory instrument, with the possibility to ask for damages in the criminal proceedings. But some more difficulties have been highlighted, mainly … Continue reading
Plagiarism
Although I would agree that there is a difference between a print mindset and an internet mindset, I disagree strongly with somebody who argues that the internet is about linking and that not to acknowledge sources is OK. Of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Offences - Piracy
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Google’s liability in Italy
A few other articles on the three Google’s executives declared responsible in Italy because of a YouTube video. Columnist Claims Italy’s Google Verdict Makes Sense, TechDirt, 9 March 2010 (with M. Masnick obviously disagreeing) and a speech by Lessign at … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of speech, Providers' liability, Scarcity
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The power of images and data
Three articles, all connected around several themes. The first one is about Chatroulette’s site which works on the basis of logging in for random chats with people all over the world (well, at least that is what they tell you). … Continue reading
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