ISPs and defamation law: hold fire, Robert Jay – The Guardian
“Defining internet service providers as publishers within defamation law would be totally unworkable.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: publishing
Transworld cancels Lawrence Wright’s Scientology title – Daily Telegraph
“Lawrence Wright’s UK publishers have dropped his new book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief after taking legal advice.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New rules will force hospitals to publish operation survival rates by individual surgeons – The Independent
“Hospitals will be required to publish survival rates for operations by individual surgeons under plans to help patients to more effectively choose where they have their care.”
The Independent, 18th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Leveson warns journalistic standards could slip if bloggers not subject to law – The Guardian
“Lord Justice Leveson has warned that unless criminal and civil law is enforced against bloggers, the quality of journalism in conventional media could deteriorate.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord McAlpine and the high cost of tweeting gossip – The Guardian
“The identification of Lord McAlpine on various Twitter accounts, notwithstanding the fact that he was not actually named on BBC’s Newsnight, is yet another example of the unrestrained power of social media in the internet age.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Viewpoint: What dangers may lie ahead for libellous tweeters – BBC News
“On 2 November, Newsnight broadcast what are now known to be mistaken claims by former care home resident Steve Messham that he had been sexually abused by a prominent 1980s Conservative politician.”
BBC News, 13th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watchdog Ofqual queries text book links to exam boards – BBC News
“The publication or endorsement of text books by exam boards has been questioned by England’s exams watchdog Ofqual.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ignorance is no defence on Twitter and Facebook, warn legal experts – Daily Telegraph
“Media lawyers Niri Shan and Lorna Caddy explain why commenting on Twitter and Facebook is no longer the same as a chat down the pub.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government may be in breach of EU copyright laws over volunteer-run libraries’ royalty payment commitments, authors’ body claims – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government may have failed to abide by EU copyright laws if volunteer-run libraries are not required to pay authors royalties when they loan out books, the Society of Authors (SoA) has claimed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Andrew Gilligan wins apology over Ken Livingstone claims – The Guardian
“Andrew Gilligan has won a high court apology and damages from the publisher of Ken Livingstone’s autobiography over false allegations he was ‘shown the door’ by the London Evening Standard.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Google not a ‘publisher’ of Blogger postings, High Court rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Google was not responsible for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its blogging platform because it could not be said to be a publisher of the information, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
You Can’t Read This Book: why libel tourists love London – The Guardian
“In an exclusive extract from You Can’t Read This Book, the Observer columnist Nick Cohen presents a damning indictment of how the English legal system helps the wealthy and powerful suppress inconvenient truths.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Do we need the Obscene Publications Acts? – Legal Week
“The Obscene Publications Act 1959 s.1 commences by defining the test of obscenity:
‘For the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or (where the article comprises two or more distinct items) the effect of any one of its items is, if taken as a whole, such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it. ‘Article’ means any description of article containing or embodying matter to be read or looked at or both, any sound record, and any film or other record of a picture or pictures.'”
Legal Week, 12th January 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
New principles agreed for out-of-print book licensing – OUT-LAW.com
“The European Commission has created the basis for the digitising and distribution by libraries of out of print books that are still protected by copyright, it has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Clippings ruling could derail much online publishing, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“OPINION: Are you reading this at work? Are you sure you are not breaking copyright law by doing so? If OUT-LAW.COM copied most websites’ terms and conditions you probably would be, if the Court of Appeal is to be believed. Yesterday it said that the users of a clippings service infringed newspaper publishers’ copyrights when they clicked on links to view articles on web pages. But a fairly obscure spat over business information has the potential to derail much of the basis of online publishing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Macmillan Publishers ordered to pay £11.3m – BBC News
“Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay £11.3m for ‘unlawful conduct’ related to its education division in East and West Africa.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child’s right to privacy in danger if redacted documents were publishable, court says – OUT-LAW.com
“Redacted information in a document that can be easily deciphered and contains personal information about a child should be prevented from being published in the media, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Government needs more costs information for online content storage plans – OUT-LAW.com
“The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) had consulted with publishers and legal deposit libraries (LDLs) over plans for libraries to have access to online, as well as printed, content.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
ECJ asked to rule on crucial internet publishing jurisdiction issue – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to decide whether online publishing takes place where information is hosted or where it is read.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th March 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
