Πάντως για να βάζουμε και τα πράγματα στη θέση τους, το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο δεν έχει γραφτεί από την Loreena αλλά από μία πρώην υπάλληλο και φίλη της η οποία το κυκλοφόρησε χωρίς την άδεια της Loreena και η υπόθεση έφτασε μέχρι και τα δικαστήρια όπου και δικαιώθηκε η Loreena.
UK PRIVACY CASE
A former friend and employee of Loreena wrote a book entitled “Travels with Loreena McKennitt” which was self published in the UK in June 2005. Aside from containing numerous errors and distortions, the book was found to have compromised a confidentiality agreement and invaded Loreena’s privacy as it pertained to many matters, including her bereavement over her fiance’s death. There was a UK High Court trial in Nov 2005 , a judgment in Loreena’s favour on Dec 21, 2005, and a further Appeal hearing and favourable judgment on Dec 14, 2006. The House of Lords in March of 2007 decided also to let the original judgment of Justice Eady stand, by declining to hear further arguments after the Court of Appeal ruling also confirmed his first instance decision.
LOREENA'S INTRODUCTION
It is probably safe to say that many of you have come to this page from a variety of directions. Some of you will have stumbled on it out of curiosity or because of media coverage of the UK privacy case in which I have been involved. Others are perhaps taking a professional interest. From
Whatever your direction of interest, you are welcome.
BROADER LEGAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT
In its own right, this is an important legal human rights story which stems out of the
European Convention on Human Rights; in particular Articles 8 and 10, which address the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. It demands that the reader make the distinction between secrecy and privacy, as well as between what is in the public’s interest and what is serving their prurient curiosity.
It is also a 'media culture' story in that it reveals some of the pitfalls of a society which has become increasingly celebrity obsessed, sometimes to the point of harassment and stalking.
It is a story which causes one to reflect on the conflict of interest which arises from time to time when a story challenges corporate media’s commercial interests, as this one does, in terms of the tension between right to privacy and unfettered freedom of expression.
Περισσότερα για το θέμα εδώ
Απ' όσο μπορώ να γνωρίζω η ίδια η Loreena δεν έχει κυκλοφορήσει κάποιο βιβλίο, άλλωστε η επίσημη ιστοσελίδα της (
www.quinlanroad.com) ενημερώνεται τακτικά και δεν αναφέρει πουθενά την ύπαρξη κάποιου δικού της βιβλίου.
