Introduction On 15 May 2015, the East African Court of Justice (the “EACJ”) delivered its judgment in Burundi Journalists Union v. The Attorney General of the Republic of Burundi, in […]
On 24 March 2015, the Supreme Court of India ruled on the constitutionality of various provisions in India’s Information Technology Act 2000 in Shreya Singhal v Union of India W.P. […]
Introduction In Fernandes v Protugal (available only in French), the European Court of Human Rights considered a case where an author had been fined and made to pay damages because of […]
Introduction On 5 December 2014, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the “Court”) delivered its ground breaking judgment on freedom of expression in Lohé Issa Konaté v Burkina Faso (Application […]
Clause 6 of the Editor’s Code of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) deals specifically with the treatment of children by the press. Nonetheless, the number of complaints that have been made pursuant […]
The stabbing of Spanish teacher, Ann Maguire, in a school in Leeds on 28 April 2014 resulted in a media storm. Not least because Ann Maguire’s death was the first instance of a […]
War Horse is a theatrical experience of epic proportions. For copyright enthusiasts, it also epitomises successful exploitation of a literary work. The novel, written by Michael Morpurgo, was the basis for […]
Threatening to commit a terrorist act on a major US Airline is not the best use of social media in the 21st Century. Nevertheless, on 13 April 2014 @QueenDemetriax_ tweeted; […]
Whether cameras should be allowed into our courtrooms has been a much debated issue for over 20 years. In England and Wales the Supreme Court has been been filmed since its creation in […]
On the 24th of June 2013, freelance journalist Sheron Boyle wrote a piece for the PressGazette detailing her concerns about a worrying practice which has become increasingly more prevalent in the newspaper […]
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