Prior notification will not harm the press: Max Mosley
FIA’s former President Max Mosley has recently been quite active in the Formula 1 world as he shared his views regarding the 2010 Formula 1 season and the problems Formula 1 might face in the 2011 Formula 1 season, in order to help the stewards to ensure
that they evaluate every change and aspect of the sport from all perspectives.
However, Max believes that a legal ruling of forcing journalists to publish news after a "prior notification" to the person/organization about whome they are publishing the news would make the press/media even more strong and reliable.
“It's really a very simple thing that if a newspaper is going to write something about your private life, or something you might reasonably wish to keep reasonably private, that they should tell you beforehand,” Mosley told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme,
this morning.
Former Formula 1 boss received £60,000 in damages after the media published details about his s*x life and personal dealings as a result of his damage. that the media in the UK should deliver a “prior notification” as a standard practice.
"The fact of the matter is, in 99 cases out of 100, if they are going to write something about someone of any real interest they will approach the person. I think press freedom is absolutely vital and it has to be protected at all costs,” he added.
He believes that the media mostly approaches the person/organization about whome they are publishing a news in order to get the rights to that news and the media should definitely have the freedom to speak out about their concerns regarding everything while
keeping in mind they are not inappropriately damaging a person's image.
It is expected that lawyers will appear at the European Court of Human Rights soon representing Max Mosley regarding this law and state that the individuals should have the right to argue about their case before a judge beforehand about publication and seeking
injunctions.
“What we are talking about here is cases where they don't come to you; they even perhaps publish a spoof first edition, because they know if they did you would be able to get a super injunction,” said Max.
However, Max believes that this will not harm the press at all and it would make it more professional. It would definitely make the news more “refined” and accurate as well and as a result, the media will not face any problems regarding rights either.
Many believe, Max stated this idea mainly because of his personal problems but either way, the former FIA President believes that it would definitely not harm the rights and the freedom of press.
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