Following the successful launch of the Information Law Series Archive in September 2024, ten more volumes have now been made freely available online on the IViR website.
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Kristina Irion joins advisory board of Center on Privacy & Technology
Kristina Irion has joined the advisory board of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law.
New report: The right to trust your vote: Cybersecurity, human rights and electronic voting
Voting in elections in the past used to be done with pen and paper. But over the past decades, countries have switched to electronic voting machines (EVMs). Already from the outset, the use of these machines has been heavily criticised by information security experts, concerned about the possibility of election fraud and the undermining of… Continue reading New report: The right to trust your vote: Cybersecurity, human rights and electronic voting
Report for Open Future on Demonopolizing the European public domain
In April of this year, Open Future approached the ILP Lab to take a closer look at the legal status of the datasets produced by the European participants in the Google Books project.
Opinion of the European Copyright Society on the CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23 (Pelham II)
The latest Opinion of the European Copyright Society addresses how the concept of pastiche applies to music sampling under EU copyright law, in the context of CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23 (Pelham II).
Prof. Helberger awarded with honorary doctorate from University of Fribourg
IViR is proud to share that upon the recommendation of the Department of Communication and Media Research, Prof. Natali Helberger was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg
Scriptie Informatierecht student opgenomen in NJB Topscriptie blog
De scriptie van Informatierecht student Gabriel Labella, “The post is mightier than the sword: Deplatformen van politici op sociale mediaplatforms”, is opgenomen als NJB Topscriptie in het NJB Blog.
Mireille van Eechoud appointed dean of Amsterdam Law School
The Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has appointed Prof. Mireille van Eechoud, professor of Information Law, as dean of the Amsterdam Law School as of 1 January 2025. The appointment is for a period of four years. Van Eechoud has been in the position of dean on a temporary basis since 1… Continue reading Mireille van Eechoud appointed dean of Amsterdam Law School
Informatierecht student Machiel van der Wal wint Brinkhof Internetscriptieprijs
Op woensdag 9 oktober 2024 is de Brinkhof Internetscriptieprijs uitgereikt aan Machiel van der Wal. Zijn scriptie, geschreven ter afsluiting van de master Informatierecht en onder begeleiding van Kristina Irion, werd als winnaar uitgeroepen en beloond met een prijs van 2000 euro.
IViR and Kluwer Law International Launch Online Archive of Information Law Series Back Issues
The Institute for Information Law (IViR), in collaboration with Kluwer Law International, publisher of the Information Law Series, has launched an online archive of older book volumes published in the series.