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Ilan de Vré

Dutch Newspaper De Volkskrant Can Keep Negative Articles in Internet Archive

20 April 2010 door Ilan de Vré

artikel-gemist1In a judgment of 31 March 2010 the Court of Amsterdam ruled that de Volkskrant need not delete articles about Eric Luzac, the founder of the Luzac schools, from the Internet or from its archive. In the period 2002-2005 de Volkskrant  had published a number of critical articles about malpractices in companies in which Luzac was involved. Through the companies, nurses from the Philippines were recruited for work in the Netherlands. 

Luzac had initiated proceedings on the merits against de Volkskrant because in his view the publications were still causing him problems. Luzac had not argued that the articles themselves were unlawful, but [Read more…] about Dutch Newspaper De Volkskrant Can Keep Negative Articles in Internet Archive

Filed Under: Press Law

Press Agency AP Loses Case on Royal Family Holiday Pictures

29 September 2009 door Ilan de Vré

Royal Family during an official moment - Source: Koninklijkhuis.nlThe Court has prohibited the press agency AP (Associated Press) from offering four pictures of the recent holiday of Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Máxima and Princess Amalia in Argentina. This is the result of the judgment in proceedings that the Royal Family had brought against AP.

On 20 July 2009, Prince Willem-Alexander and his family organized a ‘media moment’ just before the start of their summer holidays. The media got the chance to take pictures of the family at the beach in the Netherlands. At that time, Willem-Alexander refused to disclose their holiday [Read more…] about Press Agency AP Loses Case on Royal Family Holiday Pictures

Filed Under: Press Law

Website Liable for Search Results Google?

16 June 2009 door Ilan de Vré

failliet1-300x781The website Klup.nl contains information about car company Zwartepoorte. This information is correct. The court in interlocutory proceedings in Amsterdam has ruled that Klup.nl has to be adjusted anyway. Why? In its search results search engine Google combined pieces of information of Klup.nl in such a way that these search results created the impression that Zwartepoorte was bankrupt. This recently published judgment (in Dutch) of the Court of Amsterdam in preliminary relief proceedings of 13 May 2009 is, in my view, an undesirable limitation [Read more…] about Website Liable for Search Results Google?

Filed Under: Press Law

Supreme Court Reverses Ban on Use of the Word ‘Quack’

15 June 2009 door Ilan de Vré

sickeszIn 2007 the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam prohibited the Dutch Association against Quackery from calling orthomanual therapist Maria Sickesz a quack. On 15 May 2009 the Dutch Supreme Court 2009 has reversed (in Dutch) this judgment. Sickesz is the founder of orthomanual therapy. She contended that with her treatment method she could not only cure neck, shoulder and back complaints, but also [Read more…] about Supreme Court Reverses Ban on Use of the Word ‘Quack’

Filed Under: Press Law

Virtual Pillories and the Hyperlink as Processing of Personal Data

14 May 2009 door Ilan de Vré

The publication of personal data of alleged paedophiles on a website, as well as the publication of a hyperlink to foreign websites where such data can be found, is in conflict with the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). This was determined [Read more…] about Virtual Pillories and the Hyperlink as Processing of Personal Data

Filed Under: Press Law

Qualification of Urban District as Administrative Blackmailing Mafia is Unlawful

7 October 2008 door Ilan de Vré

On 2 September 2008 the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam ruled that two brothers have acted unlawfully towards the Urban District of the Center of Amsterdam and six of its officials by qualifying them in a full page article in De Telegraaf as administrative blackmailing mafia and accusing them of a series of criminal offenses [Read more…] about Qualification of Urban District as Administrative Blackmailing Mafia is Unlawful

Filed Under: Press Law

Recent Press Cases Kennedy Van der Laan

7 October 2008 door Ilan de Vré

During the past period a number of judgments have been rendered in press cases in which one of the parties was successfully represented by attorneys of Kennedy Van der Laan.

Otto Volgenant has represented national newspaper Het Parool in preliminary relief proceedings regarding a column by Adriaan Jaeggi. In the column [Read more…] about Recent Press Cases Kennedy Van der Laan

Filed Under: Press Law

Msnlock Infringes Microsoft’s MSN Trademarks

7 May 2008 door Ilan de Vré

A discussion of the judgment of the judge in preliminary relief proceedings of the Court of The Hague dated 7 May 2008 in the Microsoft/Unicaresoft case.

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Microsoft is holder of a number of Benelux and Community trademarks for the sign MSN for, inter alia, software and Internet-related goods and services. [Read more…] about Msnlock Infringes Microsoft’s MSN Trademarks

Filed Under: Press Law

The Publication of Personal Data on the Internet for Journalistic Purposes

7 January 2008 door Ilan de Vré

Personal Data Protection Act is partly not applicable to journalistic publications, provided that a number of conditions have been met.
The Personal Data Protection Act (Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens, “Wbp”) is partly not applicable to journalistic publications in which personal data are included, if the personal data are published ‘for exclusively journalistic purposes’. [Read more…] about The Publication of Personal Data on the Internet for Journalistic Purposes

Filed Under: Press Law

French Magazine not Allowed to Publish Photograph of Murdered Politician

7 September 2007 door Ilan de Vré

A discussion of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights dated 14 June 2006 (no. 71111/01, Hachette/France)

 Paris Match

In 1998 the French magazine Paris-Match published a photograph of the murdered prefect Claude Erignac. The French court ordered the magazine to publish a corrective statement. [Read more…] about French Magazine not Allowed to Publish Photograph of Murdered Politician

Filed Under: Press Law

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