Category: Technology & Digital Economy

  • Open Source Laws

    Open Source Laws

    Open Source Laws? No! No! Not about open source – it’s the Law that is open source!

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  • Online Licensing Issues

    Online Licensing Issues

    This article focuses on legal issues arising in licensing agreements between service providers that aggregate information from various sources (both from the Internet and otherwise) and create products based on the results of such aggregation for commercial distribution to clients.

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  • Singapore’s Spam Control Bill

    Singapore’s Spam Control Bill

    To combat the problem of spam, the Infocomm Development Authority and the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore jointly initiated a public consultation on 25th May 2004, resulting in the proposed Spam Control Bill (the “Bill”). The Bill (amended as a reulst of feedback) was presented for its first reading in Parliament on the 27th February 2007,…

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  • Internet Gambling After the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006

    Internet Gambling After the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006

    On 30 September 2006 the US Congress passed the Safe Port Act. Tagged on to this Act is Title VIII: The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGE Act). The UIGE Act makes it a criminal offence for the betting and gaming industry to accept financial transactions to facilitate “unlawful Internet gambling” and requires…

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  • Malaysian Laws on the Internet

    Malaysian Laws on the Internet

    A listing of Malaysian Online legal resources found on the Internet.

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  • Wireless LAN for a Law Office

    Wireless LAN for a Law Office

    This article explains the basic components and technologies of WLANs and how they work together.

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  • Chinese (PRC) Laws On The Internet

    Chinese (PRC) Laws On The Internet

    A listing of Chinese (PRC) Online legal resources found on the Internet.

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  • IT Contract Management And Administration For Law Firms

    IT Contract Management And Administration For Law Firms

    Contract management is one area of the IT procurement process (whether for hardware or for software) that is often overlooked.

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  • Online Gambling Laws in Singapore

    Online Gambling Laws in Singapore

    Introduction Singapore laws strictly prohibit gambling and the advertising or promotion of gambling venues. Only limited exceptions exist. This article looks at the gambling laws in Singapore and how they apply to online gambling. The principal legislation are the (1) Betting Act (“BA”); (2) Common Gaming Houses Act (“CGHA”); and (3) Broadcasting (Class License) Notification…

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  • Cloaking A Website

    Cloaking A Website

    Cloaking allows webserver administrators to draw a virtual curtain around a Web site to mask sensitive information from outsiders. It can make a website appears as if it has been abandoned to someone while to everyone else, the website appears as “business as usual”.

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  • Trends in Phishing 2004

    Trends in Phishing 2004

    According to analysts, more than 57 million adults think that they have received a phishing email, while the Anti-Phishing Working Group estimates a 38 percent average monthly growth rate in phishing attacks.

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  • Singapore Laws On The Internet 2005

    Singapore Laws On The Internet 2005

    A listing of Singapore Online legal resources found on the Internet.

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