Defamation
Our lawyers have extensive experience handling defamation cases for many of Australia's largest media organisations, including for companies in the News Limited group, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Nine Network, WIN Television and Southern Cross Austereo. We also act for people who have been defamed.
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Click here to learn more about defamation law.
Pre-publication advice
Our lawyers also have many years of experience providing pre-publication advice to Australia's largest print, television, radio and online media organisations about their news, articles and shows (ie providing advice before publication about potential legal issues). Pre-publication advice covers not just defamation, but the whole range of laws which can be relevant to publishing, including:
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the many statutes which place specific restrictions on what can be communicated - from laws designed to protect children or other vulnerable people such as people with mental health issues, to laws prohibiting inciting hatred towards racial groups, to laws concerning national security, and many more
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laws relating to reporting court proceedings
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laws relating to damaging someone in their trade or business, eg malicious falsehood, or misleading or deceptive conduct (although some media activities are exempt from misleading or deceptive conduct laws)
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intellectual property laws, eg copyright
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the law about confidential information
Media and entertainment
There are myriad rules and regulations which impact media organisations of different types, for example laws which generally prohibit broadcasting radio or television without a licence, content requirements, and cross-media ownership laws. The continued development of the internet has changed the media landscape dramatically, however, bringing pressure to change or abandon many of these laws. Our lawyers can give you all the assistance you need to navigate this complex regulatory environment.
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For content creators, those funding content creation, and content distributors/publishers, our lawyers will be more than happy to help you with all of your needs, from funding agreements to pre-publication advice to distribution/publishing licences.
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