Julian Assange fails in suit against film
The Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has failed in his appeal against a documentary off the British media regulator Ofcom in all respects. According to Assange, the film Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies ehrverletztend, unilaterally reduced illegal and also violates his privacy. Ofcom rejected the claim back on all points.
In its long court's opinion the Ofcom sets with all charges apart Assange. Repeatedly emphasizes that it is part of the artistic freedom of the filmmaker to bring only excerpts from a longer interview, which was conducted with Assange. Also attesting to the filmmakers, sufficient to allow the views of opponents as supporters of Wikileaks to speak.
The Assange vehemently disputed properties, stating that informants it deserved to die, if they showed up with their own names in Wikileaks documents, had been protected by several interviewees. The documentary, which contains photographs of Assange dancing in an Icelandic nightclub did not bother with these shots the privacy of the Wikileaks founder. The actual filmmakers, with the consent of Assange recorded the expansive style of dance, had sold the material to several TV stations and thus legitimized as advertisement material. In addition, a nightclub was not really private place.
The defeat to Wikileaks initially responded with a statement in which the Ofcom head Ed Richards has personally attacked as a PR puppet government. Later Wikileaks published all the documents to the application, including a transcript of the complete interview with Assange, which had been "censored" in the opinion of Wikileaks.
The documentary "WikiLeaks: Secrets and Lies" was broadcast yesterday, Tuesday by the TV station 3sat. It is uncertain whether the library has or is taken over by other broadcasters. In Britain, the film was broadcast on Channel 4, he also ran on the popular media festival South by Southwest. According to a report in the Guardian Assange should have tried to put pressure on the organizers of the festival.
Julian Assange is currently a member of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. He shall enjoy political asylum. UK wants to extradite Assange after three failed lawsuits against his extradition to Sweden, where a survey and a possible method for alleged sexual harassment and coercion is waiting for him. Ecuador calls for final negotiations of the UK such as Sweden guarantees that Assange's human rights are respected and this will not be extradited to the United States.
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