The high court will only force Web site owners to reveal the identities of anonymous contributors to blogs etc if the material is a serious libel. Material which is “barely defamatory, or little more than abusive or likely to be understood as jokes” does not warrant disclosure, the High Court ruled last week. Contributors to Read More
Month: October 2007
McCanns go for retaliation first
The McCanns, you must know them if not where their Maddy is, have hired lawyers. And those lawyers are tasked to warn the media not to suggest they drugged their children. Another case of getting retaliation in first. See previous blog. This amounts to pre-publication censorship. Not that, I am pleased to say, the McCanns Read More
Trade mark titles and defend them
Publishers and editors should pay more attention to trade marking their titles. Not only should they look to trade mark them more often than they do, but they also need now to actively defend the trade marks they already have or get in the future. The rules of trade marking have changed in the UK. Read More
Civilian casulties in the copyright war
Advantage to the copyright owners The advantage in the long guerilla war fought by the copyright owners to protect their property has swung in their favour. A US woman was fined $222,000 (£111,000) for the 24 songs the copyright owners said she shared illegally, reports The Times. She was one of the few out of Read More