This week saw the announcement of the dissolution of the long established media law set, 1 Brick Court, headed by Lord Garnier QC. We had a post about this and there were also stories in the Law Society Gazette and on Legal Cheek. Read the rest of this entry »
Law and Media Round Up – 25 March 2019
25 03 2019Comments : Leave a Comment »
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Categories : Legal, Media
Case Law, Australia: O’Reilly v Edgar, Fact free Facebook Posts, $250,000 damages – Gabrielle Hunter
24 03 2019
In the case of O’Reilly v Edgar ([2019] QSC 24) the Supreme Court of Queensland awarded Kelvin O’Reilly, the CEO of a go-kart racing organisation, $270 658.71 in damages, including aggravated damages, for defamatory posts by a Facebook troll. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Gabrielle Hunter, Gazette of Law and Journalism
Categories : Australia, Caselaw, Libel, Social Media
The EU is trying to protect your memes: but it’s a battle against humourless algorithms – Sabine Jacques
23 03 2019
The European parliament will vote at the end of March 2019 on a proposal to reform EU copyright law. Under this proposal, online platforms arguably have to introduce technological filters to tackle copyright infringements. This will be of particular interest to people who make satirical memes or parodies based on online content such as art or films, much of which is subject to copyright protection. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Copyright, Sabine Jacques, The Conversation
Categories : EU, Internet
Preventing social media harm: an idea – Simon Carne
22 03 2019
There are widespread calls to regulate social media. Hardly a day goes by without some new outrage which eclipses what we have seen already. One of the great problems for anyone wishing to put a stop to the abuse is that social media users can easily make themselves anonymous Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Media Regulation, Social Media
Inforrm: Spring Cleaning the Blogroll – John-Paul Tettmar-Saleh
22 03 2019
Now that spring has officially arrived, it seemed a good time to do a little spring cleaning on the Inforrm blog roll. We have dusted away moth-eaten links to inactive sites and buffed it up with some new sites. Read the rest of this entry »
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Forcing online platforms to remove footage of violent attacks: could privacy help? – Jelena Gligorijevic
21 03 2019
The attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, last week saw the perpetrator publish footage of his violent attack, as it was happening, online. That footage was republished on various platforms as well as by some news media outlets. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Jelena Gligorijević, Platforms
Categories : Privacy, Social Media
News: Specialist Media Barristers’ Chambers One Brick Court announces dissolution
20 03 2019
One Brick Court, the long established set of specialist media law barristers has announced today that it is to dissolve, with effect from 24 June 2019. The set has explained that the dissolution is due to “recent unexpected departures and a retirement“. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Libel, Media
