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Media law mop up: Social media copyright wars; riot reporting; PCC’s future
Hello. A fortnight’s worth of links for you, below. Me, myself and Meeja Law will be taking a digital break until mid-September. Until then, you can follow media law news via @medialawUK on Twitter or via this RSS feed. This … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, courts, data, digital open justice, events, media ethics, media law, media law mop-up, police, privacy, Promotions, reporting restrictions Tagged big issue foundation, daily mail, ibc legal, phone hacking, pigs on the wing, protecting the media, social media, wonderland blog Leave a comment
Media law mop up: Parliamentary satire; super injunction data; Morgan and Mills
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 … Continue reading
Media law mop up: Andy Hayman – ‘Good god! Absolutely not. I can’t believe you suggested that’
Another week consumed by phone hacking speculation and news. It’s very odd to see the story dominate the television and print headlines, when so many key developments were ignored by the majority of media outlets during 2009/10. Policeman turned columnist … Continue reading
Posted in defamation, media law, media law mop-up, police, press freedom, super injunctions Tagged phone hacking, piers morgan, rupert murdoch 1 Comment
Media law mop up: Phone hacking – what else?
In July 2009 Nick Davies of the Guardian began to report new allegations of phone hacking at News of the World. Voicemail interception by the Sunday red-top wasn’t a new story, but these specific allegations were – despite the Press … Continue reading
Media law mop up: Privacy debate; Hari interviews; and BBC regulation
Fewer big libel and privacy stories to report this week, but Twitterers have been particularly lively on the media ethics front, primarily in relation to Independent columnist Johann Hari’s admission of his interview ‘etiquette’ and the subsequent fallout. Meanwhile, a … Continue reading
Media law mop up: Early Resolution launch; Bahraini activists jailed; Daily Mail’s libel wars
Lots of libel related news this week.Former Times legal manager Alastair Brett and the retired High Court judge Sir Charles Gray have launched their new Early Resolution scheme, as I’ve reported on Inforrm and Index on Censorship. The Daily Mail … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, contempt of court, courts, defamation, freedom of expression, Human rights, media ethics, media law, media law mop-up Tagged bahrain, carole caplin, daily mail, paul dacre 1 Comment
Media law mop up: Facebook contempt; Giggs’ phone hacking claim; Broccoli wins libel payout
A juror has become the first person in Britain to be convicted for contempt of court involving the internet, reportedly widely in the press. Meanwhile plenty of libel-related news: a payout for Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, a row between the … Continue reading
Posted in contempt of court, defamation, media law, media law mop-up, Media regulation Tagged facebook, phone hacking, ryan giggs 1 Comment
Media law mop up: Comment moderation; Operation Weeting; and Goodwin injunction
Phone hacking is back in today’s headlines, while Fred Goodwin’s injunction is the top privacy story. Meanwhile, me, myself and Meeja Law have been writing about other things: a flawed ComRes poll on super injunctions on the CLJJ blog, publicity … Continue reading
