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How removing links can land you in court

November 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Step 1: The New Statesman removes links to Wikileaks after the threat of a libel action by the subject of the post – an Iraqi-born businessman.

Step 2: Wikileaks (who weren’t threatened with the same court action) accuses The New Statesman’s link removal as defamation because they say it suggests their content was inaccurate.

Step 3: Watch your poor sub-editing back at every turn!

Full story on The Register

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The lazy sub’s guide to keeping it legal online

October 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Don’t get banged up the slammer. Here’s a handy 10 tips for media law online post, courtesy of Richard Sharpe of ETC – just in case you need an update from print subbing.

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