Whispers and Warnings For 09/02/2015

Whispers and Warnings For 09/02/2015

Just because you publish overseas doesn’t mean you can’t get sued!
Leonardo Dicaprio is suing a second French magazine
“Just weeks after successfully suing bosses at Oops! magazine for falsely alleging the R&B diva was expecting his child, the movie star is now going after the publisher of Crazy!, for reporting he and Rihanna will be “living together” in a front page article.”

Journalists working on U.S. soil are blessed!
Egyptian Court Returns Al Jazeera Reporters to Prison
β€œIf any journalist or cameraman is accused of a crime because they are doing their jobs, it impacts press freedom,” he said. β€œIt seems like everyone is going to jail these days.”

After five years of negotiations, of course they got sued
SoundCloud is being sued for allegedly not paying musicians royalties
A major British rights organisation is suing music streaming service SoundCloud over its alleged failure to pay royalties to musicians.