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WEDNESDAY 15: BLACK LABELS WHITE SPEARS
2012-08-15

MAHALA: by Tobela Pemba: In light of Brett Murray’s Spear painting controversy and the rise of the Secrecy Bill, one could argue that our constitutionally enshrined right to free speech is under attack. Against this backdrop, the old Laugh It Off judgment might just be the constitutional precedent, the thin black line that protects our right to say what we like. Let’s recap: early 2001, SABMiller sued Justin Nurse, for printing and selling t-shirts that lampooned SABMiller’s Black Label packaging design. Nurse had replaced. Read Source here




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