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French court rips heart out of Sarkozy internet law - 1
June
France's highest court has inflicted an embarrassing blow to
President Sarkozy by cutting the heart out of a law that was
supposed to put France in the forefront of the fight against
piracy on the internet. The Constitutional Council declared access
to the internet to be a basic human right, directly opposing the
key points of Mr Sarkozy's law, passed in April, which created the
first internet police agency in the democratic world. Mr Sarkozy
and Christine Albanel, his Culture Minister, forced the law
through parliament despite misgivings from many of the President's
centre-right MPs. It was rejected in its first passage through
Parliament. - Times
Online website
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Ruling
on NightJack author Richard Horton kills blogger anonymity
- 17 June
Thousands of bloggers who operate behind the cloak of anonymity have
no right to keep their identities secret, the High Court ruled
yesterday. In a landmark decision, Mr Justice Eady refused to grant
an order to protect the anonymity of a police officer who is the
author of the NightJack blog. In April Mr Horton was awarded
the Orwell Prize for political writing, but the judges were unaware
that he was using information about cases, some involving sex
offences against children, that could be traced back to genuine
prosecutions. Lancashire Constabulary said : "He has been
spoken to regarding his professional behaviour and, in line with
disciplinary procedures, has been issued with a written warning".
- Times
Online website
Writer
advised on how to evade long arm of the law - 17 June
If the Police arrive to lock you up, say nothing. You are a decent
person and you may think that reasoning with the Police will help.
Wrong.” It is not quite the advice you would expect to receive
from a serving police officer. But Detective Constable Richard
Horton, of Lancashire Constabulary, gave readers of his NightJack
blog the full benefit of the knowledge that he had gained from 17
years in the force as to how to extract oneself from the grasp of
the long arm of the law. - Times
Online website
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