Hi
Would it be libel for a sketch show to depict a celebrity being killed?
Not in a gory, bloody, likely to distress way, more in a slapstick stupid manner.
I'm very unsure, so any advice would be great.
Many thanks
Libel
No.
Libel is a noun and things which "be" are verbs. You mean libellous.
I think he means slanderous.
Or defamatory
Quote: Rick smith @ 10th February 2015, 1:26 PM GMTHi
Would it be libel for a sketch show to depict a celebrity being killed?
Not in a gory, bloody, likely to distress way, more in a slapstick stupid manner.
I'm very unsure, so any advice would be great.
Many thanks
No
bearing in mind channel 4 ran the Assassination of George Bush
The question would really be if you either seemed to be encouraging the act, or if the motivation for the act could be libellous or scandalous
Why do you want to know
Quote: sootyj @ 11th February 2015, 7:41 PM GMTNo
bearing in mind channel 4 ran the Assassination of George Bush
The question would really be if you either seemed to be encouraging the act, or if the motivation for the act could be libellous or scandalous
Why do you want to know
(strangles sooty)