Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The Dutch ‘geschriftenbescherming’ after the ECJ’s Football DataCo decision

In March the European Court of Justice passed judgment in a database case on football schedules. This judgment could well affect the Dutch protection for non-original writings ('geschriftenbescherming'), which is a peculiarity in Dutch copyright law.

Annemarie Beunen • 27-04-2012

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

EU Cybercrime Proposal

The new EU proposal for the directive on attacks on information systems criminalises the use of hacking tools. This created some concern among security professionals and ethical hackers.

Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • 12-04-2012

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Human spaceflight: from Yuri, to André, to ‘Tom, Dick & Harry’?

Human space flight is as exciting today as it was 51 years ago when Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the earth. With the marketing of private space trips by companies like Space Expedition Curacao, excitement and legal issues have amplified

Tanja Masson-Zwaan • 10-04-2012