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Contents

Foreword by Rosie Boycott ix 3.6 No copyright 58
Editors’ Biographies xi 3.7 Duration of copyright 58
Contributors’ Biographies xiii 3.8 Remedies 59
Acknowledgements xv 3.9 Criminal offences 60
Table of Cases xvii 3.10 Other rights 61
Table of Statutes xxv 3.11 The European Copyright
Introduction xxxi Directive 63

4 New Media 65
Part I Protection of Reputation 1
Estelle Overs
1 Defamation 3 4.1 Introduction 65
Marietta Cauchi 4.2 Internet defamation 66
1.1 Introduction 3 4.3 Copyright 69
1.2 General principles 3 4.4 The Data Protection Act 1998 74
1.3 Defences 11 4.5 Reporting restrictions 76
1.4 Procedure 26 4.6 Obscenity and racial hatred 77
1.5 Damages 30
1.6 Costs 32 5 Rights Clearances 80
Philip Alberstat
2 Blasphemy, Seditious Libel and 5.1 Introduction 80
Criminal Libel 34 5.2 Copyright, moral rights and
David Green performers’ rights 81
2.1 Introduction 34 5.3 Assignments and licences of
2.2 Blasphemy 34 copyright 83
2.3 Seditious libel 36 5.4 Rental rights 85
2.4 Criminal libel 37 5.5 Music 86

Part II Intellectual Property 41
Part III Privacy 87
3 Copyright 43
Mark Cranwell 6 Breach of Confidence 89
3.1 Introduction 43 Joanna Ludlam
3.2 Copyright work 44 6.1 Introduction 89
3.3 Who owns copyright? 50 6.2 What is breach of confidence? 90
3.4 Infringement 53 6.3 Defences 97
3.5 Defences 55 6.4 Procedure 101