The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[2002] Ch 149
Court of Appeal
Ashdown
v
Telegraph Group Ltd
[2001] EWCA Civ 1142
2001 May 1,
2;
July 18
July 18
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers MR, Robert Walker and Keene LJJ
Copyright
— Infringement
— Defence
— Freedom of expression
— Newspaper articles using extracts from copyright owner's work
— Whether copyright law restricting right to freedom of expression more than necessary in democratic society
— Whether facts of individual cases to be examined to assess whether protection of freedom of expression requiring additional defences
—
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c 48), ss. 30(1)(2), 171
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s. 12, Sch. 1, Pt I, art 10