In this issue of zoom-in brief, an episode of Good Morning Britain presented by former MP Ed Balls reportedly receives over 15,000 Ofcom complaints; Dale Vince’s libel claim against the Daily Mail is struck out; AI startup Suno argues that its use of copyright songs was “fair use”; while in the US State of Tennessee, access to a school shooter’s writings is blocked on copyright grounds.

In this issue of zoom-in brief, trans actress, Karla Sofía Gascón, files a complaint in France over a politician's alleged online 'sexist insult'; Netflix settles When They See Us defamation case; and a law in Northern Ireland which granted anonymity to suspected sex offenders is overturned.

In this issue of zoom-in brief, a copyright claim and a separate defamation claim brought against Netflix over Tiger King and Inventing Anna are permitted to continue. In the UK, Andrew Bridgen MP has been ordered to pay Matt Hancock’s costs of a strike out hearing in their High Court defamation battle, whilst the Metropolitan Police has apologised to three journalists detained with protesters at a Black Lives Matter protest nearly 10 years ago.

In this issue of zoom-in brief, a defamation claim brought against nonagenarian filmmaker Roman Polanski in France by actress Charlotte Lewis has begun, whilst two women have received a fine for accusing Brigitte Macron of being born male. In the UK, The Guardian and the Daily Mirror have apologised and agreed to make payments to journalist Dan Wootton in response to a privacy complaint; a preliminary hearing has taken place in the defamation action brought over the Steve Coogan film, The Lost King; whilst presenter Jeremy Vine is bringing a defamation claim against former-footballer, Joey Barton, over statements made on X. In the US meanwhile, Samantha Markle’s defamation claim against her sister the Duchess of Sussex is dismissed and more…