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#MeghanMarkleWon: Britain's 'Mail On Sunday' Prints Front Page ‘Apology’ After Losing Copyright Case, Publication Has To Pay Up

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Britain’s Mail On Sunday published a front-page legal notice accepting Meghan Markle’s victory after the company lost a copyright lawsuit over a handwritten letter she wrote to her father. Associated Papers, the owner of British newspaper/tabloid The Mail On Sunday and MailOnline, has also agreed to pay “financial remedies” to Meghan. As they should.

Deets on their defeat and more inside…

Well, well, well. Would you look at this!

Meghan Markle is getting the last laugh after an almost three-year legal battle with Britain’s Associated Papers, who owns Mail on Sunday and MailOnline.

Earlier this year, the Duchess of Sussex WON her copyright infringement lawsuit she filed against Britain’s Mail On Sunday for reprinting excerpts from a five-page handwritten letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle, after marrying Prince Harry in Spring 2018.

Britain’s High Court ruled in February that Associated Newspapers, the publisher of The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline website, unlawfully breached Meghan’s privacy. The publisher appealed, which ended up being dismissed earlier this month. Three judges dismissed the paper’s argument on December 2nd, adding that "the Duchess had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of the letter. Those contents were personal, private and not matters of legitimate public interest."

As part of the ruling, the publication was required to print a front-page apology to the former “Suits” actress.

Over the weekend, Meghan received a court-mandated, front-page “apology” (if you want to call it that) from the U.K. tabloid. At first glance, you may have missed it being it was placed at the bottom of the page in small font, although, the font size used actually adhered to the High Court’s ruling.

"The Duchess of Sussex wins her legal case for copyright infringement against associated newspapers for articles published in The Mail on Sunday and posted on Mail Online," the cover-line reads on the Christmas Day/Boxing Day cover, adhering to the font size and appearance dictated by the British High Court in the summer.

 

“Following a hearing on 19-20 January 2021, and a further hearing on 5 May 2021, the Court has given judgement for The Duchess of Sussex on her claim for copyright infringement," the publication wrote in a small article published online. 

”The Court found that Associated Newspapers infringed her copyright by publishing extracts of her handwritten letter to her father in The Mail on Sunday and in Mail Online."

Not only that, the tabloid has to cough up some CASH!

”Financial remedies have been agreed,” the site wrote.

Judge Lord Justice Warby ordered Associated Newspapers to pay out damages and £1.5 million ($1.88 million) in legal costs, according to Harper’s Bazaar. Previously, it was reported the publisher must pay pay 90% of Meghan’s $1.88 million legal expenses. 

It’s reported, Meghan plans to donate the funds to anti-bullying charities.

In a statement after winning the case, the mom-of-two called the double court win "a victory for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what’s right.”

“From day one, I have treated this lawsuit as an important measure of right versus wrong. The defendant has treated it as a game with no rules. The longer they dragged it out, the more they could twist facts and manipulate the public (even during the appeal itself), making a straightforward case extraordinarily convoluted in order to generate more headlines and sell more newspapers — a model that rewards chaos above truth,” she said in a statement.

“In the nearly three years since this began, I have been patient in the face of deception, intimidation, and calculated attacks. Today, the courts ruled in my favor — again — cementing that the Mail on Sunday, owned by Lord Jonathan Rothermere, has broken the law. The courts have held the defendant to account, and my hope is that we all begin to do the same. Because as far removed as it may seem from your personal life, it’s not.

“Tomorrow it could be you. These harmful practices don’t happen once in a blue moon — they are a daily fail that divide us, and we all deserve better.” 

As expected, folks have been criticizing the British publications for the lackadaisical “apology.”

Peep a few reactions below:

 

 

#MeghanMarkleWon and we LOVE to see it!

Right before Christmas….

 

Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry released their 2021 Christmas card where they showed off their daughter, 6-month-old Lilibet Diana for the first time. And she's adorable. Big brother Archie, 2, was just as cute. And we're loving his red hair! Calirofnia living looks good on them! 

Photo: AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah



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