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Censorship Struggle Underway In Iceland

Posted by Soulskill on from the information-wants-to-be-free-but-it's-gotta-work-for-it dept.

jon jonson writes "Information from the collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing has been leaked to WikiLeaks, revealing billions in insider loans, and the bank has been working day and night to censor the information contained in the document. Last night at 6:55pm GMT, they served an injunction against the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, five minutes before the 7pm news was due to be aired. The TV station just displayed the WikiLeaks URL instead. They've also injuncted Iceland's national radio, banning all discussion about the contents of the document, and they are actively trying to censor the rest of the Icelandic media along with WikiLeaks."

2 of 251 comments (clear)

  1. injuncted? by belmolis · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's no such word as injuncted. "to issue an injunction" is to "enjoin", so the form needed here is enjoined.

  2. Bank, Lawyers do their job - film at 11 by aricusmaximus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Per the cease and desist order, it appears that the lawyers on behalf of Kraupthing are doing their job.

    The laws themselves appear to be there to protect the client's confidential information. Paraphrasing (IANAL, IANAL, IANAL!) they are:

    58. Banks are not suppose to disclose their customer's financial information.
    59. Exception #1 - if there is a risk to a parent company
    60. Exception #2 - if the customer(s) say it is okay to disclose the information.

    So basically the bank and the bank lawyers are doing the job they are legally obligated to do on behalf of their customers.