It may be August, but there’s still lots of serious media law news to digest. And also some sillier stuff. Like English parliamentary rules. A send-up by the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart was banned from broadcast in the UK because it uses Parliamentary footage for satirical purposes. He responds here (where you can also watch the clip). Channel 4 explained on Twitter:
We are prevented by parliamentary rules from broadcasting parliamentary proceedings in a comedic or satrical context.
More on the rules for televising Parliament here (HT: Helen Lewis-Hasteley and @fiatpanda).
Super injunctions, remember them? Well, the Guardian has put together some useful data on them here, for download by all. Sources include Inforrm, which has its own table here, Bailii and the excellent RPC Privacy Blog. Lord Neuberger, meanwhile, has issued new practice guidance for interim non-disclosure injunctions and announced an injunction data collection pilot. More on that next week.
Phone hacking
- Press Gazette>>Call for public inquiry in murder case with NoW links
- Media Guardian>>NoW publisher sued for £100,000 over alleged breach of anonymity agreement
- Media Guardian>>NoW publisher sued for £100,000 over alleged breach of anonymity agreement
- Press Gazette>>Mail reviews editorial controls in wake of hacking scandal
- Media Guardian>>Piers Morgan must face the music over hacking claims by Heather Mills
- Evening Standard>> McCartney’s plea to Morgan the merciful
- Press Gazette>>’Stuart Kuttner’ released on bail until later this month
- Press Gazette>>Phone-hack lawyer: ‘Four cases to be filed against Mirror’
- Inforrm>>News: Culture Media and Sport Committee Publishes Lawyers’ Correspondence
- Inforrm>>News: Leveson Inquiry – details announced and evidence called for
- Private Eye>> Street of Shame – Smoke and Mirrors
- James Doleman>> Hacking, Appeals and Video Tapes [Pt 1]
- AdWeek>> Rupert’s Worst Nightmare Come True?
Privacy injunctions
- Media Guardian>>Superinjunctions, gagging orders and injunctions: the full list | Siobhain Butterworth & Maya Wolfe-Robinson
- Out-Law.com>>Injunction-seekers must usually prior inform media, guidance says
- Inforrm>>News: Injunction Guidance Issued
Media ethics
- Brian Cathcart>> The Daily Mail’s review of editorial procedures
- David Allen Green>> The struggle for tabloid content
- Press Gazette>>Indy apology to Saudi prince over ‘no mercy’ claim
- Helen Pidd>> How should journalists talk to survivors of the attacks in Norway?
Media regulation
- MST>> MST response to Baroness Buscombe statement
- PCC>> Release: ‘Press Complaints Commission thanks Baroness Buscombe for her major contribution’
- Guardian>> PCC confirms Baroness Buscombe is to step down
Libel
- Press Gazette>>Sheridan fails in bid to appeal NoW perjury conviction
- Press Gazette>>Tanzanian media tycoon presses on with UK libel bid
- Press Gazette>>Standard apologises over John Yates hacking story
- Media Guardian>>My libel victory underlines the need for journalists to check their facts | Sarah Thornton
- Press Gazette>>Heart doc Wilmshurst wins libel battle by default
- Index on Censorship>> John Moores University withdraws Robert Halfon libel case
- Press Gazette>>MP loses expenses libel appeal versus Evening Standard
- Media Guardian>>How did newspaper lawyers allow editors to publish Jefferies’ libels?
- Media Guardian>>Christopher Jefferies case delivers wake-up call to tabloids| Louis Charalambous
- Tabloid Watch>> ‘Witch hunts and character assassination’
- Media Guardian>>Eight newspapers pay libel damages to Christopher Jefferies
- Inforrm>>Case Law: Thornton v Telegraph Media Group, an offer of amends defence fails – Hugh Tomlinson QC [Updated]
- Media Guardian>>Telegraph Media Group ordered to pay damages over Lynn Barber book review
Contempt of Court
- Press Gazette>>Sun and Mirror to appeal Jefferies contempt convictions
- Press Gazette>>Sun and Daily Mirror guilty in Jo Yeates contempt case
Internet regulation
- Index on Censorship>> Website blocking: gone but not forgotten?
- Out-Law.com>>New website blocking regulations not on the agenda, Government says
- Out-Law.com>>Posing as a different Facebook user can constitute identity theft, US court rules
Press freedom
Court reporting
Law blogging
- Jack of Kent>>The Five Principles of Legal Blogging
- The Time Blawg>> I Blawg. You Flawg. Period?
- Charon QC>> Lawyers who blog – and lawyers who flawg
Jobs
- Simon Singh is looking for a full-time assistant
- The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) seeks a chief operations officer
- Professor Lilian Edwards is advertising a PhD studentship on internet law and digital assets
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