The Sun & Daily Mail’s smear campaign against junior doctors is blatant copyright infringement
Under UK copyright law, there is a fair dealing exemption where the purpose of the infringement is for the reporting of current events, but this does not cover photographs and definitely not publishing a person’s private photographs in national newspapers to show that they take holidays on beaches like the rest of the population.
Why News Corp will hold Storyful back
Storyful has been acquired by News Corp, the Murdoch-led company that owns The Times, the WSJ, The Sun, and Sky television amongst a number of other media companies. This link-up may look like a good move for the user generated content verifying company, but the acquisition will do little to enamour Murdoch to the internet, and this may just end up killing Storyful.
Advert for Gaming System PS4 Takes Over Page 3 in The Sun
The PlayStation 4 launches in the UK today, and to mark the occasion, Sony has made a first in convincing British tabloid The Sun to swap out its normal photo of a topless twenty-something girl, and replace Page 3 (and page 2) with a double-spread advert for the gaming system
