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The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a new free eBook, Freedom of Expression, the Media and Journalists. The book can be downloaded from this link.
This 400 page book by the European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, offers an unparalleled overview of 240 different court cases based on or around Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights – guaranteeing freedom of speech and information. Continue reading
The most important media law event of week is the damages appeal in Gulati v MGN which is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal on 20 and 21 October 2015. We had a case preview yesterday and hope to report on the hearing as it proceeds. Continue reading
The appeal in the Mirror Phone Hacking damages case is due to be heard by Arden, Rafferty and Kitchin LJJ in the Court of Appeal on Tuesday and Wednesday, 20 and 21 October 2015. This is the most important privacy damages hearing since the tort of “misuse of private information” was devised by the House of Lords in another MGN case in 2004. In this preview I will consider the issues which arise on the appeal and the difficulties faced by the appellant. Continue reading
Actress Julie Gayet has won damages against two French magazines for breach of privacy after the magazines published photos taken with a long-lens of her and partner Francois Hollande at a private Versailles retreat. The tribunal de Nanterre ordered both magazines to pay the sum of €1,500 each to Ms Gayet. This case follows Gayet’s successful privacy claim against Closer magazine last year in respect of an article detailing her relationship with President Hollande. Continue reading
Columbia University is seeking nominations for the second annual Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes, including self-nominations, of jurists and other legal experts, academics, and non-governmental organizations actively engaged in protecting freedom of expression around the world. Continue reading
In the case of A.M. v Toronto Police Service (2015 ONSC 5684) the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice examined a narrow but important question of the obligation of notice to the media when a party is seeking an anonymization order. In this case, within an application for judicial review, the applicant AM applied for an order permitting him to pursue the application using only his initials. Continue reading
At the end of the Leveson Inquiry, at which only a small proportion of the serial institutional wrongdoing committed by the press was brought to light, the industry was presented with a straight choice. It could take account of the clearly expressed aspirations of the general public and its elected representatives and create a genuinely independent regulatory body compliant with the reasonable and moderate recommendations of Sir Brian Leveson. Continue reading
In the case of Appleton v Gallagher ([2015] EWHC 2689 (Fam)) Mostyn J has ruled on a joint application by former husband and wife pop stars Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton to exclude press from their ongoing ancillary relief proceedings in the High Court after their divorce in 2014. Continue reading
This is the second instalment in my series analyzing Europe’s pending General Data Protection Regulation, with a focus on its impact on intermediary liability and user free expression. The introduction gives an overview of the legislation and the issues it raises. Reading it first is highly recommended. This section goes into greater depth on those issues and previews coming installations n the series, which will appear on the Stanford CIS blog. Continue reading
An opportunity has finally arrived for the Australian Parliament to debate proposed legislation that would criminalise the phenomenon of so-called ‘revenge porn’. The rapid development of instantaneous communication technology and increased reporting of revenge porn incidents in Australian media, have intensified calls for the government to criminalise the distribution of intimate and/or sexually explicit images and videos of individuals without their consent. Continue reading
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