Last year was a busy year for cyberlaw. But what does 2014 hold? Graham Smith of the Cyberleagle blog looks at legal developments in which are presently in the UK and EU pipeline and will take effect in 2014. Continue reading
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The European Court of Human Rights (First Section) has found that there was no violation of Article 10 ECHR (freedom of expression) when the Estonian courts held a news website, Delfi AS, liable for defamatory statements by readers using the site’s article comments facility. Continue reading
Section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013 provides (or will do when the Act comes into force) a complete defence from a defamation claim for a website operator who can show that it did not post the statement on the website. This is a significant new protection for website operators. Continue reading
Ten ways in which copyright engages freedom of expression, Part 2: Sliders six to ten – Graham Smith
This is the second part of a two part post discussing the relationship between Copyright and Freedom of Expression. Part 1 was published on Inforrm on 2 May 2012. Continue reading
The recent Donald Ashby (sub nom Ashby Donald) decision of the European Court of Human Rights has revived interest in the relationship between copyright and freedom of expression. The litigation arose because two of the defendant photographers had put on their US website pictures taken by the third at the Paris fashion shows. Continue reading
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