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Digital media update

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2012

Welcome to the January edition of our quarterly Digital Media Update

Creation of fake social networking profile infringes privacy

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • February 22 2011

The French High Court of Paris (TGI) sentenced an internet user who created a fake profile of a famous French comedian to pay a 1,500 fine and 2,500 in damages

Publishing house fined 300,000 for unauthorised data disclosure

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • May 17 2011

The Spanish Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Spanish Data Protection Agency imposing a 300,000 fine on a publishing house for disclosing personal data of former clients to third companies for marketing purposes without obtaining the prior consent of the individuals concerned

High Court rules on the BBC's disclosure obligations under the Freedom of Information Act

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 9 2009

On 2 October 2009 the High Court of England and Wales decided two closely connected cases on the BBC's obligation to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act

Criminal conviction for web video

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Italy
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  • April 13 2010

On 24 February 2010, the Court of Milan sentenced to six months' imprisonment three managers and former executives of Google; the sentences have been suspended, however, so the Court has not actually ordered any imprisonment

Superior Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro rejects preliminary injunction to prohibit internet company from displaying video reports relating to the World Cup

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil
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  • September 21 2010

The Superior Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro has rejected a request for a preliminary injunction filed by a television company against a large internet company which prohibited the latter from displaying on its website video reports about the World Cup for more than 48 hours after a game

Court of Appeal dismisses application questioning constitutionality of the online gaming law

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • November 25 2011

In a decision dated 28 June 2011, the Paris Court of Appeal refused to admit the application for a priority preliminary ruling on the issue of constitutionality (question prioritaire de constitutionnalité or QPC) raised by Darty Telecom regarding Articles 61 and 69 of the Law dated 12 May 2010 concerning the opening of the market of online gaming

Damages awarded in an identity theft case on a social networking site

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • December 6 2011

The Segovia Provincial Court (Ruling 352011) awarded an aggrieved individual 12,400 in moral damages as a result of the depression she suffered in an identity theft case