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Month: March 2013 (Page 4 of 6)

Texas Bill Would Allow Publishers to Correct or Retract Content to Avoid Damages – Jillian Stonecipher

March 16, 2013 / / 1 Comment

texasccTexas State Representative Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, has proposed a “retraction statute” that, if passed, will protect journalists both online and offline and promote truth and efficiency both in and out of court.

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and the Texas Press Association assisted Hunter in drafting Texas House Bill 1759 (HB 1759), which would require a prospective plaintiff to give a publisher an opportunity to correct, clarify, or withdraw false content before filing a defamation lawsuit. Continue reading

Hacked Off: Press Industry Statement on Leveson Talks: Inaccurate, Distorted and Unreliable

March 15, 2013 / / 1 Comment

newspaper+stand_0Like their newspapers, the “representatives of the press industry” apparently negotiating with Conservative ministers over Leveson cannot shed their old habits of inaccuracy, distortion and unreliability.  The statement they made yesterday about Cameron’s announcement is misleading and disingenuous, concealing the true position – that the press want to water down Leveson – behind the rhetoric of press freedom. Continue reading

Case Law Canada: Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v Whatcott, Supreme Court upholds hate speech provisions – Aileen McColgan

March 15, 2013 / / 2 Comments

Bill_WhatcottIn Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v Whatcott 2013 SCC 11 Canada’s Supreme Court considered the balance between equality rights and rights to freedom of expression and religion.  It upheld the central “hate speech” provisions in the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, although struck down some of the code’s wording in a case prompted by flyers handed out by a religious anti-gay activist, Bill Whatcott. Continue reading

News: Conservatives pull out of cross-party Leveson talks, Parliament will decide

March 14, 2013 / / 2 Comments

image1The Prime Minister has told a press conference that the Conservatives are pulling out of cross party talks about the implementation of the Leveson report.  He said that regulation would not work without the consent of the press.  He accepted that, as a result, the matter would be decided by Parliament on Monday 18 March 2013, when there would be a vote on “Leveson amendments” to the Crime and Courts Bill. Continue reading

Case Law: Rana v Google Australia – Google continues to resist claims for publication – Gervase de Wilde

March 13, 2013 / / 2 Comments

Google AustraliaGoogle has for the most part successfully fought off attempts to make it liable for third party publications, or search results. But, given the company’s enormous power and influence over the online world, it is unsurprising that claims against it and its subsidiaries continue to be brought. In Rana v Google Australia Pty Ltd ([2013] FCA 60), an Australian court considered whether such a claim could be made, or served on the American parent company. Continue reading

News: The Defamation Bill and Leveson Amendments and Cross Party Talks

March 12, 2013 / / 5 Comments

Oliver LetwinOn 25 February 2013 the Defamation Bill had its Third Reading in the House of Lords.  A number of amendments were made to the Bill.  These included the controversial “Puttnam amendments” which introduced a new clause 2, entitled “Arbitration Service for defamation and related civil claims against members of Independent Regulatory Board“.  This contains a slimmed down partial version of Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations for media regulation. Continue reading

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