tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3198716704372435147..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: A manifestly b***ocks fairy-tale falls apart in post-NewzBin piracy fall-outVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-15033091949118052942014-05-28T22:55:47.447+01:002014-05-28T22:55:47.447+01:00Anonymous of 22:20 -- Sorry to have disappointed y...Anonymous of 22:20 -- Sorry to have disappointed you. I wasn't digging my claws in: my only point was as to whether it was the same Darren Meale or not. I wasn't aware that Darren had 20th Century Fox as a client since the firm named as acting for Fox and all the other claimants in the Newzbin cases is Wiggin LLP which, so far as I know, Darren has never worked for. From his Simmons & Simmons page I now see that he is doing some brand name advisory work for 20th Century Fox -- rather a different area from that of the Newzbin saga.<br /><br />I agree that it's best practice for all Kats (and other IP bloggers) to declare any personal involvement or interest and I think you'll find that we have a pretty good record on that score.<br /><br />To be on the safe side, I shall be reminding all Kats of best practice in my next Katmail to them. Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58319089601201130082014-05-28T22:20:37.347+01:002014-05-28T22:20:37.347+01:00I'm afraid I agree with the other anonymice. I...I'm afraid I agree with the other anonymice. I've nothing against people writing an account of a case in which they were involved, as long as they declare it. In this case there is no indication of the author's involvement and this seems wrong - and I'm disappointed in Jeremy, too, for digging his claws in.<br /><br />Copyright infringement is after all an emotive issue - see all the debates about whether the term "theft" is accurate or not - and the post does go in for a lot of vilification, howevermuch justified.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-69365128133954479532014-05-28T10:11:24.336+01:002014-05-28T10:11:24.336+01:00Prof Jeremy
My point was while the facts here are ...Prof Jeremy<br />My point was while the facts here are indeed awful and any right thinking person would be appalled by Harris, the author has failed to declare his interest. He is pretending to write objective commentary while earning money from one of the Claimants. <br /><br />Many people might, had Meale mentioned 20C Fox was a client of his, wondered if he was sucking up to them. Meale rightly rips Harris for a lack of integrity but then himself fails to say "in the interests of transparency I should declare 20C Fox to be a client of mine". His furious ranting might then be seen in an enlightening context.<br /><br />Not churlishness: Pot, Kettle, Black.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-41768414631008621102014-05-28T09:43:10.871+01:002014-05-28T09:43:10.871+01:00Shurely shome mishtake? Shouldn't shurely be s...Shurely shome mishtake? Shouldn't shurely be shpelled Sherly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-45417032918959023232014-05-27T19:28:10.017+01:002014-05-27T19:28:10.017+01:00To anonymous: does it matter whether this is the s...To anonymous: does it matter whether this is the same Darren Meale or not? If any given Darren (or Tom, Dick or Harry for that matter), faced with the same set of facts, would have inevitably reached the same conclusion, I think it would be churlish to accuse this particular Darren of being more than necessarily splenetic.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-82860575999559920472014-05-27T19:05:23.258+01:002014-05-27T19:05:23.258+01:00Would this splenic author be the same Darren Meale...Would this splenic author be the same Darren Meale who has 20th Century Fox as a client?!? Shurely some mistake? I suppose Merpel must know who gives her Kitkat.<br /><br />As other's have said: "I wonder how much money 20th C Fox will actually ever recover?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com