Posts by Russell Brown
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I note also the 'kicked down the stairs' angle seems to have died?
Mebbe. We don't actually know that the police evidence has been sighted by anyone but the cops or Team Veitch. Which is the problem.
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Perhaps (probably) Team Veitch did release the summary of facts to the media, but I still see that as a fair response in some way.
I don't think so. I don't see the Dunne-Powell's PR company (and I fully accept that this is a case where both sides are well-advised to have representation) acting with anything like the intensity of Veitch's. Glenda Hughes knows what she's doing, and three weeks in a row of stories (some of them clearly aimed at making D-P look like a vengeful blackmailer) in every Sunday paper isn't accidental.
Veitch is the one who keeps repeating the line that there are "two sides to the story". He had a chance to explain his but, perhaps understandably, didn't do so. He wasn't obliged to. But now claims will go before a court, as they should have originally. Unfortunately, the bringing of charges seems to have been the cue for a new level of PR activity.
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Ooh, one of my Twitter friends has just provocatively posted the names of the two murder accused in his Twitter feed!
Cue nerdy discussion about whether saying something on your twitter feed is actually an internet publication ...
On reflection, what Harvey seems to be trying for here, given the ages of the people involved, is to address the Bebo effect: to try and damp down what he regards as the unhelpful effect of social chatter about matters that will eventually come before the courts.
Not sure it'll work though ...
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I consider myself lucky to have seen the LEDs live twice this year (another bonus of living in Wellington). But I hope they make it up to Auckland soon.
Blair promises to in the PA Radio interview.
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Oh, and rather late notice, but we have an afternoon record for Media7 tomorrow.
The panel's a cracker: Finlay Macdonald, Linda Hallinan (editor of New Zealand Gardener) and Wendyl Nissen talking about the magazine market, trends, and how it's bearing up in recessionary times.
We'd need people there at The Classic by 2pm and probably be done by 3pm. Click that little envelope next to my name if you'd like to come ...
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Well, does anyone else remember when David Benson-Pope authorised a staff member to selectively (and misleadingly) "brief" the Herald on Sunday on the contents of the Police report into certain allegations made against him before it was publicly released?
I think that's quite a good comparison.
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New Zealander and anti-doping chief gives the Americans a serve
World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) director general David Howman says the Americans seemingly building a doping case against Usain Bolt should look at themselves first ...
"Sometimes these doubts are cast but I would suggest some Americans could look at themselves first. They had cheats in 2000 [Marion Jones] and cheats in 2004 so they think no one wins without cheating.
"Why is the emphasis on that fellow and not, for example, on [eight gold medal winner] Michael Phelps? Both those guys are just freakish athletes."
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Is the assumption that web content is more easily accessible and therefore in need of more stringent restriction? I am a little confused as to the desired outcome here...
It has the smack of experiment to me, as if Harvey has identified a real problem -- the internet never forgets, even if you're not convicted -- and decided to try a "solution".
I think it will end up with a number of people -- including those who'd normally be inclined to respect suppression orders -- repeating the name online, just on principle.
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I think the sub judice rule - not unlike the Privacy Act - often takes on the shades of meaning of those - in this case defence lawyers - who want it to mean something helpful to them.
Given that the summary is likely to have been provided the journalists by the defence side, I think any concern expressed by them is just wind.
But if it turns out that Team Veitch has not only leaked the summary, but selectively leaked it for PR purposes, well, I think there are problems there.
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That is about the most retarded thing I have heard in a long time.
Time to take an IT refresher course me thinks your honor.One thing that can safely be said is that he's not doing it out of ignorance.
David Harvey is the author of a textbook on NZ cyberlaw, and he probably knows more about the internet on a technical level than any other judge in the country.
Readers may also recall him as the judge who made the suppression order in the notorious case of Peter Lewis, the pot-smoking billionaire.
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