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Dutch newspaper Spits Wins Free Speech Case Against Former MP

1 February 2012 door Jens van den Brink

pornobaron1Could Dutch newspaper Spits call the former Member of Parliament for the PVV James Sharpe ‘porn baron’ and ‘king of online porn’? That question was the reason for the preliminary relief proceedings which Sharpe initiated in 2011 against Spits. In two articles Spits jokingly used the above-mentioned terms, with which it referred to an affair around [Read more…] about Dutch newspaper Spits Wins Free Speech Case Against Former MP

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: freedom of speech, political speech

English translation of court order in Louis Vuitton vs. Nadia Plesner case

11 March 2011 door Reindert van der Zaal

darfurnica4We have already reported on Media Report about the Dutch case over depection of a bag in an artwork between Louis Vuitton and Danish artist Nadia Plesner.

There is now an English translation of the Dutch court order available here.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: artistic freedom, design rights, freedom of speech, louis vuitton, Nadia Plesner

Louis Vuitton sues Danish artist Plesner in the Netherlands over depiction of bag in art work

7 March 2011 door Jens van den Brink

darfurnica4Danish artist Nadia Plesner is studying at the Rietveld Academie in the Netherlands. One of Plesner’s works of art, Darfurnica (see picture on the left), is modeled after Picasso’s Guernica and expresses the artist’s surprise at the attention that is paid to nondescript celebrities like Paris Hilton, while humanitarian disasters like those in Darfur remain rather unnoticed. In the middle of the painting an African child is depicted, holding a bag. Louis Vuitton is of the view that the pattern of this bag infringes its [Read more…] about Louis Vuitton sues Danish artist Plesner in the Netherlands over depiction of bag in art work

Filed Under: Press Law Tagged With: artistic freedom, design rights, freedom of speech, louis vuitton, plesner

A Few Kilos of Complaints

26 February 2010 door Reindert van der Zaal

pretium-vs-varaIn various TV broadcasts Vara’s program ‘Kassa’ gave attention to the large number of complaints that the Consumer Authority and the Ombudsman had received about telecom company Pretium. In the broadcast Kassa handed over a ‘few kilos of complaints’ to the State Secretary, but did not provide Pretium with a copy of these complaints. However, in the studio Pretium was given the opportunity to give a reaction, but Pretium decided not to.

As a result of the broadcasts Pretium initiated preliminary relief proceedings against the Vara. Pretium won the proceedings on most points. Partly because prior to the broadcast the Vara had not reported the fact that [Read more…] about A Few Kilos of Complaints

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: a few kilos of complaints, freedom of speech, kassa, Vara

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