Memoir ban 'threatens freedom of speech'

Lawyers for free speech groups have argued that a ban placed on a performing artist preventing him from publishing his memoir is an “unpredictable threat to freedom of expression”. The artist’s ex-wife was granted a temporary injunction after saying that the contents of the memoir would be distressing for his son to read. The artist cannot be identified for legal reasons, and his publisher is known only as STL during the case. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]

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