Kerri Crawford (ZA)

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Exposed! Woman awarded $6.4m for explicit revenge photos including copyright breach

By Kerri Crawford (ZA) on May 17, 2018 Posted in Copyright

Four years after a Californian woman sued her ex-boyfriend for posting sexually explicit photographs and videos of her online, she was awarded USD $6.4 million in one the largest judgments of its kind. According to the New York Times, although the victim was successful, this case highlights the complexities of the law in this area … Continue reading

Should you have a digital will?

By Kerri Crawford (ZA) on January 16, 2018 Posted in General

Most of us have a number of social media or other online profiles. A digital will enables you to set out, in one place, your instructions on how you want each of these profiles to be handled after your death.… Continue reading

Court orders ex-employee to update LinkedIn profile

By Kerri Crawford (ZA) on March 30, 2017 Posted in General

A South African High Court on March 8, 2017 reportedly gave a former estate agent five days to correct the employment information on his LinkedIn profile. Three years after Mr. van der Schyff resigned from his position at Danie Crous Auctioneers, his profile still reflected that he was employed there. Despite two years’ worth of … Continue reading

Social media users responsible for comments

By Edward Odendaal (AU) and Kerri Crawford (ZA) on April 4, 2016 Posted in Defamation

The High Court of South Africa ruled in Isparta v Richter that a Facebook user was guilty of defamation because a defamatory post appeared on his Facebook wall and was not removed by him, even though he was not the author of the post. The court ruled that because he knew of the post and … Continue reading

Hacked private messages used in court

By Kerri Crawford (ZA) on February 18, 2016 Posted in Litigation, Privacy

A South African high court recently ruled that a civil litigant’s private Facebook messages, which were unlawfully obtained by the hacking of his personal account, were nevertheless admissible as evidence against him. In Harvey v Niland, the litigants were members of the same corporation. Niland was also an employee of the corporation. After leaving his … Continue reading