Little Britain star Matt Lucas is suing the Daily Star over stories regarding the death of his ex partner. Lucas will use the ‘Max Mosely’ defence in the High Court action – that the Richard Desmond owned publication misused private information. Legal action was taken against Express Newspapers after two stories published last October in…
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Court bars charges against teen who posed semi-nude
Dan Goodin reports: A federal appeals court rebuked a Pennsylvania district attorney who threatened to file felony child pornography charges against teens who were photographed semi-nude unless they attended an “education program”. In a unanimous decision issued Wednesday by the appeals court in Philadelphia, a three-judge panel said the threat amounted to a “Hobson’s Choice”…
Google Italy & Privacy: Not What You Might Think
Ryan Calo writes: Reading through Italian news coverage of the Google Italy case, another picture emerges. User privacy may well be at issue, but not in the way you probably think. I grew up in Italy and now research and teach Internet law in the United States. When I heard about the verdict against three…
Japan: Internet posts held to libel standards
Daisuke Nakai reports: The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals posting comments on the Internet must be held to the same standards for criminal libel as writers in other forms of media. The unprecedented ruling means that individuals can be held criminally responsible for their Internet postings. In its decision dated Monday, the court’s First…