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guardian.co.uk - 12/13/2008
A victory for irony as Elton John loses Guardian libel case | Media | The Guardian
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Sir Elton John is well known for his quick temper and outrageous behaviour. A documentary of his life said it all - it was called, knowingly, Tantrums and Tiaras. But a high court judge ruled yesterday that the singer's sense of humour failure over a satirical piece by a Guardian columnist was a ...

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Adventures in British libel law
All — Elton John loses. My prediction? He'll convert to Islam... In a groundbreaking libel decision, the judge said that "irony" and "teasing" do not amount to defamation. The ruling offers protection to writers of satirical articles clearly not meant to be taken seriously and was welcomed last night by media lawyers and journalists. (...) "The transparently false attribution is irony," said Tugendhat, in a 17-page judgment. "Irony is a figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of ...

Elton John Loses Libel Case, Guardian Declares "Victory For Irony"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... UK paper The Guardian proclaimed "A Victory For Irony" after a UK judge ruled against Elton John in his libel case against the paper: ...

Elton John loses Guardian libel case
Overlawyered — ... Elton John had sued over a spoof “diary” that depicted his involvement in a major AIDS charity as insincere and self-serving. “It’s significant,” said media law expert Mark Stephens of the ruling. “What [Mr. Justice] Tugendhat has done is move us closer to the US system where you can’t get damages for satire and humour, except in the most exceptional cases.” (Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, Dec. 13). Tags: libel slander and defamation, parody, United Kingdom ...

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