Electro Mate

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:01:57 +0000E-BusinesscopyrightRegulationUKAccessibilityDigital IPIP GeneralIT developmentsJapanWTOArgentinaCybercrimeDigital DivideE-JurisdictionGoogleHarry PotterIFPIMcScienceP2PSwedenUSblogscompanies valuationcomputer lawdamagesdirty tricksinfringersinsuranceinternational lawlitigationmass mediamedia lawnormsperformers rightsprofessional negligencescuba divingvirtual realityElectro MateUna mirada global desde el Sur al derecho del ciberespacio y sus aledaños/A global view from the South to the law of cyberspace and its surroundingshttp://electromate.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-6108866232205126728Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:35:00 +00002019-10-31T16:35:01.713+00:00ICT, farming and law  <!--[if gte mso 9]> http://electromate.blogspot.com/2016/10/historias-de-misticos-y-cruzados-en-el.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-4798274924827549454Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:40:00 +00002014-10-18T13:12:23.417+01:00Informatization of judiciaries/informatización de los poderes judiciales In today's class of Legal Aspects of E-Government (and optional modules in the Law degree) we are dealing with the informatization of judiciaries in Argentina. For those of us that have been dealing with E-things for more than fifteen years, it results still strange that this topic comes up as “news”...it is good though, so we can publish a book http://electromate.blogspot.com/2014/10/informatization-of-judiciariesinformati.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-3995157611063120486Thu, 16 Oct 2014 23:09:00 +00002014-10-17T00:09:49.766+01:00VIII Cogreso de Derecho Informático http://electromate.blogspot.com/2014/10/viii-cogreso-de-derecho-informatico.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-1746345389090746090Thu, 16 Oct 2014 23:03:00 +00002014-10-17T00:06:12.838+01:00VIII Computer Law Conference/VIII Congreso de Derecho Informático Jointly organized by the Law Programme of the Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro and ADIAR, Asociacion de Derecho Informatico de Argentina (Argentine Computer Law Association), the VIII Conference of Computer Law will take place in Viedma on this coming 30 and 31 of October. There will be speakers from different parts of Argentina and Brasil, andhttp://electromate.blogspot.com/2014/10/viii-computer-law-conferenceviii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-2152904462044608536Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:42:00 +00002014-10-16T23:48:42.980+01:00Winter's end/El fin del invierno Winter's end El fin del invierno After two long years without posting here and like a cicada that sings after a long time underground, it is time to return to blogging. I hope that as the trees grow stronger after the winter storms break apart their unhealthy branches, the many things that happened in the last two years allow my ideas and writing http://electromate.blogspot.com/2014/10/winters-end-el-fin-del-invierno-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-7954917309419844525Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:07:00 +00002012-08-27T23:07:50.364+01:00SID 2012 We are at SID 2012 (Argentine Symposyum on Law and Informatics) of which I am one of the co-chairs. After more than seven hours the day is resisting to end and we still have two more presentations to go. The day has had a little of everything, but all interesting and current. The program is here at page 71 (I think) of the whole thing... Estamos en el SID 2012 (Simposio de Informatica y http://electromate.blogspot.com/2012/08/sid-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-229632885011023420Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:13:00 +00002012-08-13T06:18:53.351+01:00The Return of Electromate/El Regreso de Electromate After exactly two years without posting on this blog, I think that is time to return to it and to post the same sort of things as before but with more of a bilingual touch so to write in English things that happen in the Spanish speaking world and viceversa...if the force so allows me. Luego de exactamente dos años sin escribir en este blog, pienso que es hora de regresar al mismo y escribirhttp://electromate.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-return-of-electromateel-regreso-de.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-9080227036836831362Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:49:00 +00002010-08-23T00:49:44.164+01:00"Facebook" list wins electionsA list composed by candidates that met through a Facebook group won the local elections at the beach town of El Condor in the Argentine Patagonia. The list, number 12 for the purposes of the election won the electoral contest against the incumbent, list number 7, getting almost 68% of the votes.The list was formed by members of the Facebook group “Fanaticos del Balneario El Condor”, who through http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/08/facebook-list-wins-elections.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-2141013744976694025Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:48:00 +00002010-07-13T19:48:19.664+01:00Facebook’s new lawsuitPaul D. Ceglia has filed a lawsuit in a New York Court alleging that he owns 84% of Facebook and, although Facebook is trying to dismiss it as a frivolous lawsuit, the Judge has found it to have enough entity to order a freeze in all asset transactions for Facebook. The issue arises from an allegation made by the plaintiff (claimant in England) that the current Facebook CEO, Zuckerberg, was paid http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/07/facebooks-new-lawsuit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-4176619149782807142Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:32:00 +00002010-07-13T01:34:51.393+01:00Consumer Report also does not recommend iPhone 4As explained in the previous post, it seems that Apple's disregard for costumers and the truth hit a wall with the facts about iPhone 4. The Cuppertino's compny blamed the carrier, then said that it was normal for many phones but Consumer Report tested them and concluded that it was not true: the problem is with the design of the phone and it is no joke...http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/07/consumer-report-also-does-not-recommend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-2142058570009197143Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:45:00 +00002010-06-30T19:45:33.671+01:00Disregard for the market and the Apple mythFollowing a discussion that has years on the making, the company from Cupertino has given a new example that nerds and designers worship the company based on myths and snobbery more than on actual facts. It has been argued a zillion times that Apple products are better designed and built than Microsoft Windows based ones, and there has been always the argument that Microsoft represented the dark http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/06/disregard-for-market-and-apple-myth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-1422936077700895554Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:34:00 +00002010-06-29T23:34:09.223+01:00Lack of technological neutrality as indirect discriminationThe situation could have happened in any European country and the potential buyer/victim be from almost any developing country or the US. After selecting something expensive to buy in a store and having the store attendant to confirm that the items is in stock (most of the times having the item brought to the counter), a valid credit card with sufficient credit limit is not accepted because not http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/06/lack-of-technological-neutrality-as.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-7205195158583162278Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:17:00 +00002010-04-07T21:20:26.614+01:00Divorce by SMS in Arab countries and the validity of electronic documents There has been some noise in the cyberspace referring to the so called “electronic divorce”, which seems is making waves in some places, like Jordan. The issue relates to husbands terminating their marriage via a SMS, and the “fashion” has pick up quickly. According to Islamic judges there were 450 divorces via SMS in Jordan in 2009. Moral questions aside, the legal problems are various and http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/04/divorce-by-sms-in-arab-countries-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-2707666879794290390Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:38:00 +00002010-03-31T15:46:52.621+01:00GiKii goes back homeAndres has sent the information that the call for papers and registration is open for Gikii 5. This year it goes back to the city that saw its birth, Edinburgh, but a couple of months earlier, June. Described as "a workshop concerned with exploring the legal interaction between popular culture, speculative fiction, and new technologies" Gikii is a place in the space-time continuum that does not http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/03/gikii-goes-back-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-3380792576139218392Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:47:00 +00002010-03-02T13:00:40.658+00:00Call for papers for the Argentine Symposium on Informatics and Law (SID)39 JAIIO - 39 JORNADAS ARGENTINAS DE INFORMÁTICA -30 de Agosto al 3 de Septiembre de 2010Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresSADIO, la Sociedad Argentina de Informática e Investigación Operativa organiza desde hace 38 años las JAIIO (Jornadas Argentinas de Informática e Investigación Operativa) integrando trabajos, investigaciones y actividades bajo un mismo evento. Las JAIIO constituyen uno de los http://electromate.blogspot.com/2010/03/call-for-papers-for-argentine-symposium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-8689607397859454943Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:50:00 +00002009-11-08T23:56:09.245+00:00New Ibero American Network of Law and New TechnologiesMore than three months have past since the last posting on this blog and every day that passes it becomes more difficult to re-start to write on it. Not because there are no topics or will to do it but because so many things have happened since the end of July in the e-commerce, IP, IT and related areas that one wouldn’t know where to start from. So, I was waiting for the opportunity, topic that http://electromate.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-ibero-american-network-of-law-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-9029064062614602896Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:32:00 +00002009-08-01T22:19:42.940+01:00Too many strange unanswered questions in the McKinnon extradition caseOn Friday the English High Court ruled that Gary McKinnon, who fought a long legal battle to avoid being extradited to the U.S. after he was charged with breaking into 97 computers belonging to different branches of the US Government and military in 2001, should face extradition because that represented ''a lawful and proportionate response to his offending.'' Did it?When one starts to analyse http://electromate.blogspot.com/2009/07/too-many-strange-unanswered-questions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-928440624868656539Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:10:00 +00002009-07-31T00:19:59.924+01:00Ruling against Google and Yahoo in ArgentinaA district court in Argentina has ruled that Google and Yahoo have to pay A$ 50,000 in damages for indexing pages where the name of Virginha Da Cunha and her image have been linked to sexual and erotic content. The claimant, an actress, singer and composer (not being in Argentina never heard about her before), sued the search engines alleging the illegal use of her image and claiming A$ 50,000 inhttp://electromate.blogspot.com/2009/07/ruling-against-google-and-yahoo-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-6507382870837522776Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:03:00 +00002009-07-29T15:11:28.845+01:00Blackboard software patent litigation, round...whateverThe United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuits ruled on Monday that part of Blackboard’s U.S. Patent No. 6,988,138 (“the ’138 patent”), which claims an Internet-based educational support system and related methods, is invalid, and reversed the lower court decision that imposed damages of U$S 3,300,000 to Desire2Learn for infringing that patent. The later company has always argued http://electromate.blogspot.com/2009/07/blackboard-software-patent-litigation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-6295711444489679710Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:06:00 +00002009-07-08T17:30:57.659+01:00Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (or the misadventures of proper parenting in an online world)Newspapers carry the news that yet another girl has been abducted after online grooming and it seems that we could have a news service devoted to things that children have been doing (and they shouldn’t) online and/or what some depraved people have done (or tried to do) to children by using Internet. Probably more than half of the time/space of that news service would be filled with analysis http://electromate.blogspot.com/2009/07/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321105.post-4189364491919918171Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:55:00 +00002009-06-21T00:50:22.314+01:00copyrightdamagesP2PUSA ruling of U$S174,545.45 per song and a result that the RIAA should cry forIn Capitol v Jammie Thomas-Rasset the jury just handed down a sentence of U$S1,920,000 against the defendant for the wilful copyright infringement of 24 songs, which they found Mrs Thomas-Rasset made available for others to download through Kazaa. The claimant (plaintiff in the case because is in the US), Capitol Records, alleged that the defendant made available to others thousands of songs but http://electromate.blogspot.com/2009/06/ruling-of-us17454545-per-song-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0