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- Super-injunction A court order that not only prevents a specific matter from being reported in the media, but also prevents reporting of the details or existence of the order.
- Copyright theft Taking someone else's copyrighted work (for example a photo, film or music). Our article on IP tells you more about copyright.
- Trademark A distinctive sign, mark or other indicator which is used by a business or individual to indentify the products or services it supplies to consumers
- Intellectual Property (theft) Intellectual property is the word lawyers use to include a number of different rights in a work including trademarks, copyright and design rights. Theft applies when a work is distributed or sold without the owner's permission or in breach of the terms of a license to use the work.
- Defamation Saying anything untrue about someone that is likely to make anyone else think worse of them
- Libel This is defamation in written or printed text, pictures, or in any form other than spoken words or gestures
- Slander This is defamation in spoken words or gestures
- Incitement This is when one person persuades, pressures or encourages someone else into committing a crime.
- Incitement This is when one person persuades, pressures or encourages someone else into committing a crime.
- Computer Misuse Act The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is an Act of Parliament which regulates what we can do online. The Act includes a number of criminal offences which can be committed when someone hacks into someone else's computer records or when they have permission to use those records but use them for the wrong purpose. It was brought into law after some hackers broke into Prince Philip's e-mail in 1984.
- Open Content This refers to any work or content that has been published online under a licence, which specifically allows copying or editing by anyone else.
- Astro Turfing When an organisation posts material online which appears to be from an independent individual in praise of the organisation's actions or work.
