Link to original article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/15/phone-hacking-test-cases-ordered
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Newspaper company, News of the World, faces 20 court cases for hacking phones of famous people to retrieve information. Mr Justice Vos, who is the judge hearing the cases, told he wanted some test cases which would be heard first, as he fears for endless amounts of cases. He says some people might want to go on forever, but he prefers not to.
The main issues, regarding the cases, is not whether there was a conspiracy, but if voicemails were tapped, how often this happened, what was done with the information and what consequences this had on the victims.
The hearings will continue next month.
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Reading the article, I was rather shocked. To me, it seems this is clearly violation of privacy. I fully understand the judge. With 20 similar cases, and more counting, it is very understandable not looking forward to the hearings and trying to find a way of speeding up the process.
Considering the violation of privacy, I think the perpetrator (in this case News of the World) should not only have to pay a large amount of money to the victims, but get a serious warning as well. Of course, I do not know elaborate details of laws considering privacy, but to me, it seems important other newspapers do not violate privacy as well. It is important this does not happen again, even if that means people will not know everything about their favourite indoor designer.
Hi Dylan! Let me start of by saying I totally love your closing line in your response to the article! Secondly I think You're right about this, privacy is one of the fundamental subjects in constitution and should not be violated. Especially if the tapping is done for page filling, life destroying and fat lady on the sofa reading purposes. Nicely done Dyl!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLet's try this replying thing again.Interesting to see how popular it has become to hack phones and voicemails across the globe, monkey see monkey do I guess. Good writing once more, the last line of your responce's first paragraph does sound a bit awekward though, could just be me. Nothing much else stands out. Good going.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGood article, I hope they will be forced to pay each and everyone of whom's phones were hacked millions per person. I hate the fact that people are able to that. I never feel safe talking to a girl on a phone about private stuff, due to these phone hacking b.s.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenKind regards Amir