Rowling wins privacy case over photo of son
British capital (Reuters) - Provoke Tinker writer J.K. Rowling has south Korean won her battle to ban the further publication of a long-lens photograph of her son, in a seclusion case her lawyers called a major developing in British people jurisprudence.
The initial claim by Rowling and her married man was thrown come out by a Jack London court last year, prompt the couple to attract.
In a written judgment on Wednesday, a panel of book of Judges upheld the appeal, a opinion which Rowling and husband Neil Murray River welcomed.
"We see and take that with the success of Harry Muck around thither volition be a bill of legitimate media and populace interest in Jo's (Rowling's) professional person activities and appearances," the twosome said in a statement.
"However, we take striven to give our children a formula family life exterior the media spot.
"We ar immensely grateful to the court for giving our children protection from covert, unauthorized photography; this opinion will make an immediate and stuff difference to their lives."
Susan Anthony Clarke, one of the book of Judges listening the appeal, said the baby of a famous parent should make the sami rights as that of "ordinary" parents.
"If a baby of parents world Health Organization ar not in the world eye could passably anticipate non to get photographs of him published in the media, so overly should the baby of a famous parent," he said in the judgement.
The disputed photographs were taken on Nov 8, 2004 in Edinburgh spell Jacques Louis David, so elderly under deuce, was being pushed in a roadster by his parents.
