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January 2010

Judgment from ECHR: Financial Times Ltd & Ors -v- UK
The European Court of Human Rights recently gave judgment in the Interbrew case: Financial Times Ltd & Ors v UK (Application no. 821/03). In summary, the ECHR held unanimously that an order requiring various media organisations to disclose original leaked documents which might have led to the revelation of a journalistic source constituted an unjustified interference with Article 10 ECHR (the right to freedom of expression).

November 2009

iPhone users more willing to pay for content than the average consumer according to annual Olswang media Convergence survey
Users of the Apple iPhone are among the heaviest users of digital content and are also more willing than any other consumer to pay for a wide range of types of content, according to findings in this year's Olswang Convergence Survey, published today

Olswang acts for BBC Worldwide in successful Court of Appeal judgment
Olswang LLP has been successful in a significant judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal on 6 November 2009

August 2009

Metropolitan International Schools Limited v (1) Designtechnica Corporation (2) Google UK Limited (3) Google Inc
Mr Justice Eady, of the England & Wales High Court, holds that Google is a facilitator rather than a publisher of content, so cannot be held liable for defamatory content, even when notice is given.