Zeta 'Spoilers' Fair Tactic Says Hello! In Pounds 1m Claim
Western Mail › December 14, 2004
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Hello! has challenged why it had been ordered to pay more than pounds 1m in damages to a rival celebrity magazine for publishing paparazzi pictures of the wedding of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas. Hello! admitted the snatched pictures were published as a 'spoiler' to lessen the impact of OK! magazine's exclusive pounds 1m contract with the Douglases to cover the New York ceremony.
James Price QC, representing Hello!, told three judges at the Court of Appeal yesterday that 'spoilers' were a well-known tactic in the newspaper and magazine industry and his clients had been victims in the past.See the full content of this document
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Zeta 'Spoilers' Fair Tactic Says Hello! In Pounds 1m Claim
He said, 'This was something previously not considered unlawful.
'We are in the position that if you are going to compete in thi...See the full content of this document
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