Category Archives: social media

Opinion: Legal and ethical issues for televising and tweeting court – Judith Townend

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
“In the back bedroom the duvet was half off the bed and neatly folded clothing on the bed, a bathrobe on the floor too #spy #spook“, @JonClementsITV, crime correspondent, ITV News Tweeting We are…

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Is scraping legal?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Originally posted on ScraperWiki Data Blog:
Lots of people, when they hear about ScraperWiki, ask “is scraping legal? how can you build a business off that?”. Usually to follow up by saying “we do it in our company, but we…

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Open Justice Week is here

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Open Justice Week, a Scottish initiative launched by James Doleman and Cristiana Theodoli, has kicked off. The liveliest conversations are in the Facebook group and on Twitter but you can also follow the blog here, which will be tracking people’s … Continue reading →

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Inforrm blog: Law and Media Round Up – 9 January 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Pop over to the Inforrm blog for my first round up of 2012. The legal vacation is not over until Wednesday but there is still plenty to report. Over the winter break Inforrm offered you a review of 2011 and … Continue reading →

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What would the Man on the Clapham Omnibus make of digital media law?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

The view of the “reasonable man” on the Clapham Omnibus has been considered since (at least) 1932, but what would he make of behaviour in the digital environment? I’ve long been interested in the comprehension of media law by normal, … Continue reading →

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Leveson Inquiry – follow the tweets live

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

And so begins day one of the formal Leveson Inquiry, in Court 73 at the Royal Courts of Justice. Proceedings will be streamed live from 10:30am today on the relaunched Leveson Inquiry website. The public can attend hearings although seating … Continue reading →

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Draft defamation bill committee on online liability and limitation

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

I’ve just compiled last week’s media law round up for the Inforrm blog, which opened with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill’s first report. Its recommendations concerning internet publication jumped out at me. If adopted, they would … Continue reading →

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Legal blogging: what can it achieve?

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

Last night I attended a small legal blogging discussion at One Crown Office Row chambers near Temple. The panel featured David Allen Green (Jack of Kent / New Statesman), Carl Gardner (Head of Legal) and Adam Wagner (UK Human Rights Blog), … Continue reading →

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Consultation on 'live text based communications' from court

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Via the Guardian comes news that the Lord Chief Justice has launched a consultation on live reporting from court, following interim guidance issued in December 2010. Submissions will be taken from February 7 to May 4 2011.  It’s good to … Continue reading →

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MST: Libel and the public – we're all publishers now

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

I’ve written a short piece for the Media Standards Trust blog about libel reform and the public, in regards to online publishing. I look at the multiple publication rule and why I think we’re only at the very beginning of … Continue reading →

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