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Fishing giant Samherji wins UK case over artist's spoof bribery scandal 'apology'

By Martin Coyle ( November 14, 2024, 13:15 GMT | Insight) -- Iceland's largest fishing company, Samherji, has won a UK court dispute against a conceptual artist who created a spoof website apologizing for the company's involvement in the “Fishrot” bribery scandal. The High Court ruled that the artist had gone too far in faking the website and press materials, which he had claimed was an artwork carrying free-speech protections, but which one media outlet inadvertently published as fact.Iceland's largest fishing company, Samherji, has won a UK court dispute against a conceptual artist who created a spoof website apologizing for the company's involvement in the “Fishrot” bribery scandal....

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