IPA UNED - Tema 2 - Inglés jurídico - ADITIONAL TEXT I

1. Martinez successfully [blank_start]______[blank_end] Sunday Mirror publisher Mirror Group Newspapers in 2008 over an online article about his relationship with the singer Kylie Minogue.

2. The British publisher took its fight to Europe’s highest court and argued that a French judge did not have the [blank_start]_________[blank_end] to adjudicate on English-language articles published on a UK website.

3. However, the European court of justice on Tuesday [blank_start]_______[blank_end] against MGN.

4. In a landmark [blank_start]____________[blank_end] for online publishing, the court said that European publishers can be sued anywhere in the EU for articles published on the internet.

5. The ruling in Luxembourg follows the 2008 privacy action [blank_start]________[blank_end] in France by Martinez against MGN.

6. MGN and Associated Newspapers were [blank_start]__________[blank_end] to pay €4,500 (£3,920) in damages for each article published.

7. However, the case went to the ECJ for a jurisdiction ruling after MGN argued that the French courts did not have the power to [blank_start]_________[blank_end] judgment on articles published on the Sunday Mirror website

8. "In its judgment delivered today, the court [blank_start]________[blank_end] that the placing online of content on an internet website is to be distinguished from the regional distribution of printed matter by reason of the fact that it can be consulted instantly by an indefinite number of internet users worldwide."