Copyright (c) 2008 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents Recent documents in Okechukwu Benjamin Vincents en-us Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:08:22 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/6 http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/6 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:17:59 PST Okechukwu Benjamin Vincents http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/5 http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/5 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:06:03 PST Academic commentaries on the relationship between EC Competition Law and the ECHR have predominantly found conflict. This paper takes a different view. It examines the ECJ's application of Articles 6 and 8 ECHR and concludes that, although applying different principles, the ECJ ended up ruling for outcomes that are not radically different from those of the ECtHR on similar cases. Okechukwu Benjamin Vincents http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/4 http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/4 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:00:07 PST 'Anti-piracy Group Broke Swedish Data Laws'. This was the headline to a news story published on the 10th of June 2005 by The Local, a Swedish online news publication. As it turns out, one of Sweden's anti-piracy groups, Antipiratbyrån (APB), in its bid to track copyright infringers, allegedly processed the personal data of Swedish peer to peer (p2p) file sharers in contravention of the Swedish Personal Data Act. This story is representative of the divergent perspectives that have been adopted by copyright owners and p2p file sharers. On one hand, a review of postings in some of the forums frequented by p2p participants indicates that some file sharers assume that there should be a legal rule by which copyright holders are prevented from invading their privacy. On the other hand, developments in the US go to show that the copyright holders seem to have taken the view that the fight against online copyright infringements should supersede all privacy considerations. There is therefore an apparent clash between two well-recognised rights, copyrights and data protection/informational privacy. The need to carefully consider this clash with a view to a possible resolution has now inspired this paper. Okechukwu Benjamin Vincents http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/3 http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/3 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:31:17 PST This paper inquires into online gambling in Singapore with a view to predicting which regulatory technique the country is likely to adopt, whether it would lean towards the UK approach which allows almost all forms of online gambling or whether it would lean towards the United States approach that more or less seeks to ban all forms of online gambling. Okechukwu Benjamin Vincents http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/2 http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/2 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:20:31 PST Speculates on the extent to which the BitTorrent platform might be secondarily liable for the copyright infringements of its users, given its potential reliance on the defence established in Sony Corp of America v Universal City Studios Inc. Examines US, Australian and UK statute and case law relevant to the secondary liability of file sharing software providers. Describes how BitTorrent is used to share files and explores how each of the jurisdictions might address the issue of the liability of its various participants. Okechukwu Benjamin Vincents http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/1 http://works.bepress.com/okechukwu_vincents/1 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:08:15 PST This paper examines some sections of Part I of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) in the light of UK's obligation under the ECHR. It particularly asks if the interception practices that could be authorised under the Act will prove permissible under Article 8 ECHR. It establishes that although the RIPA amounts to significant progress in the general area of surveillance, it may be found to be below the privacy standards of the ECHR regarding the conditions precedent to the issuing of an interception warrant and the description of the materials to be intercepted. The paper opines that stronger privacy safeguards than were used for the traditional post-telecommunication may be necessary for the interception of internet communications because of the types and volume of information that could be sent through the internet. The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights is examined to determine how the court is likely to rule when seized. Okechukwu Benjamin Vincents