Is the blockchain and EU privacy laws a bad marriage? One might think so. Isn’t the EU privacy law all about the right to be forgotten? To be erased from a system one wants to break free from? And isn’t it impossible to be forgotten once your data are on a blockchain? And therefore, isn’t…
Litigating architects; a real trend. Take architect Fons Verheijen for instance, who fought the renovation of ‘his’ Naturalis in court for two years. In a remarkable interim ruling the judge found that the renovation – necessary to accommodate the increase in visitors – constituted an infringement of the personality rights of the architect. These are…
With blockchain one can divide up any object into countless pieces and sell or rent out these pieces, and keep track of everything in a way that is as safe as the old-fashioned land registry, but infinitely cheaper. All the buyers of these pieces become co-owners of the object. The blockchain does the work; from…
Widely used and valuable: Google Customer Match. But often permission is required, due to privacy regulations. When this is required and it is lacking, Google Customer Match is against the law. Google Customer Match. A useful system to approach one’s own customers through Google. It makes advertisers’ customers see their ads when they type a…
What if all professionals pay 1 cent every time a visitor clicks on one of the hyperlinks they offer? Then the press (and other producers) will finally be paid a reasonable fee for the value they add. The independent press is struggling. Subscriptions have halted and advertising revenue wanes. Visitors to news media websites don’t…
What to do with shares and shareholder agreements? Establish agreements: it seems clear, but if you have to work with it, your e-mailbox quickly fills up with a ton of documents. What should you do with all those papers? The only thing you want is to sign and get on with things. But you must…