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• Can fictional characters be libelous?

  
  Futurismic — Authority: 614
  Hey, writers – ever based a character on a friend, no matter how loosely? Well, you’d best be careful to stay friends with them if you get published, because there’s now a legal precedent for a character in a novel being considered as libel : A Georgia jury has ruled that Haywood Smith, author of the ...
  4 days ago

• Keeping Up With Media Law

  
  Erik Sherman's WriterBiz — Authority: 110
  The law moves slowly - as it should. Whether common law or statute, you want relatively stable rules of the road so you can live your life and do business with some degree of predictability. And when youre in the media - and pretty much everyone reading this blog is likely in the media - law becomes particularly ...
  1 week ago

• Libel reform campaigners seek £10k damages cap

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 160
  Apology better than payout English libel law imposes disproportionate restrictions on free speech, according to an independent report that recommends 10 changes to the laws. The Ministry of Justice said today that it will launch a consultation on defamation and the internet.… Original post:  Libel reform ...
  2 weeks ago

• UK: Libel law reform campaigners seek £10,000 damages cap

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 151
  English PEN, a charity that promotes the human rights of writers and publishers, and Index on Censorship, a body that promotes freedom of expression, spent a year investigating English libel laws. Their joint report, Free Speech Is Not For Sale , was published today. They say that England’s libel law “was ...
  2 weeks ago

• Libel Law Redux: Latest Reports on the Defamation Roadshow

  
  The Wardman Wire — Authority: 576
  There have been several good reports in the last day or two about UK Defamation Law. Let me highlight two which are particularly well argued, and a good summary. There have been several good reports in the last day or two about UK Defamation Law. Let me highlight two which are particularly well argued, and a good ...
  2 weeks ago

• What should be done about libel law and the internet

  
  Podnosh Blog — Authority: 121
  Another point of discussion at C&binet conference ‘09 was the law. There was general consensus libel laws in the UK need to be changed to accommodate for the migration of news online and to make sure the law is clear. On a board of suggestions as to what the government should do to encourage hyperlocal , ...
  3 weeks ago

• John Kampfner calls for changes to libel laws

  
  The Wire — Authority: 504
  Index on Censorship, the campaign group which fights for freedom of speech, will next week publish a report aimed at convincing politicians that current libel laws must be changed.John Kampfner, the former New Statesman editor turned chief executive of the campaigning group, said he would like to see the libel laws ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Iain Dale libelled Tom Watson (and me)

  
  Bloggerheads — Authority: 502
  "I didnt libel Tom Watson. if I had done, he would have sued me." - Iain Dale ( source ) Today, in the High Court, The Sun issued an apology to Tom Watson ( more ) and agreed to pay a "substantial sum in damages" (plus costs) for the "acute distress, humiliation and embarrassment" caused. Take a look at what ...
  4 weeks ago

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