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pcernie
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The injunction is back: entertainer blocks extramarital affair story | Media | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/m ... fair-storyHere's the thing, if there's no public interest... why would it be devastating to the entertainer? And it seems a bit late to be thinking of the kids now, the internet being that very reason. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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To be honest, I tend to actually agree with the judge in this case. The public would certainly be interested, but that doesn't mean its' in the public's interest to know, or that the public interest outweighs people's right privacy in their private lives, even if they are celebrities, provided nobody is being hurt.
If the celebrity in this case was making some gain from publicly espousing marital fidelity then maybe. But he's OK with it, his wife's OK with it. His kids apparently don't know about it. So what's the grounds for making it public beyond voyeurism?
Plus I have to be honest, I don't have a very high opinion of the couple who are selling the story. That's pretty sleazy behaviour.
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pcernie
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Scottish newspaper reveals identity of superinjunction couple | Media | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016 ... ion-coupleBad enough American publications have given the game away, but the law's so pathetic and ill thought out it doesn't even stand in part of the UK. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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It took a couple of minutes on google to find out - it was hardly a surprise.
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big_D
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I couldn't have put it better myself.
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Paul1965
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It is a sad, sad situation.
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davrosG5
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Have we not done that joke already.  In other news, injunction doesn't apply in Scotland so one of the Scottish newspapers has published the details anyway, though not on their website. clickety | | | | Quote: Linking the decision to publish the identities to the Panama Papers revelations, the newspaper’s editorial said: “Maybe, as the very rich and very powerful clients of Mossack Fonseca run to their lawyers, it was bad luck that [the celebrities’] superinjunction emerged.
“Because, just to be clear, we are not naming them because of the story they are trying to suppress. We couldn’t care less. We do, however, care about free speech, a free press and very wealthy people spending huge sums of money stopping stories they do not much like the sound of.
“If we did not name them, it would only encourage people – possibly celebrities, more probably tycoons and politicians – with something to hide to attempt to hide it behind a court order.” | | | | |
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John_Vella
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I imagine that if any English newsrags published the names they'd probably get a rocket, man. _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
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MrStevenRogers
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super injunction and now take down requests demanded of google. it does seem a self inflicted yellow brick road to self destruction or maybe they believe they are just pin ball wizards trying their luck ...
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paulzolo
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Has no one heard of the Streisand Effect....?
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davrosG5
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Apparently the people who should be paying most attention to it have not.
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