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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Freelance Journalist Wins Again in Lawsuit Filed by Yomiuri Shimbun
Tetsuya Kuroyabu (photo/ freelance journalist and member of Union Nettsu) won the lawsuit on April 27 at Tokyo High Court, which upheld the lower court’s decision. The high court dismissed the plaintiff’s appeal. Yomiuri Shimbun West Headquarters sued Kuroyabu for defamation. This is the second time Kuroyabu won. He was sued by Yomiuri for violation of copy right. But he has another court case remaining, where Japan’s largest newspaper claimed he and a weekly magazine, Shukan Shincho, defamed the company’s reputation by reporting on forcing newspapers to distribution centers. His lawyer plans to file a criminal lawsuit against Yomiuri for forging facts during the lawsuit on copy right, as well as request to dismiss the plaintiff’s attorney.
By T.A
フリージャーナリスト黒藪さんが読売新聞のいやがらせ裁判にまたも勝利!
4月27日、東京高裁で読売新聞西部本社から言論抑圧としか思われない名誉毀損裁判をおこされていた黒薮哲哉さん(写真/フリージャーナリスト・ネッツ組合員)の裁判の判決があった。内容は一審の地裁での勝利判決を継承するもので、原告の請求を棄却するものだった。以前訴えられていた「著作権違反」裁判の勝利判決確定に続く快挙である。これで読売新聞が訴えている「押し紙」問題は「週刊新潮」・黒薮さんへの名誉毀損裁判を残すだけだ。今後は先に勝利が確定した読売側の喜多村弁護士が虚偽の事実を捏造した「著作権裁判」について、弁護士としての懲戒請求や刑事告訴も視野にいれた反撃を開始する予定だ。(T.A)
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