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|artist=Crispin Aubrey, John Berry, Duncan Campbell | |artist=Crispin Aubrey, John Berry, Duncan Campbell | ||
|subject=Copyright | |subject=Copyright, Political/Economic/Social Opinion | ||
|confronting_bodies=British Government | |confronting_bodies=British Government | ||
|medium=Film Video | |medium=Film Video | ||
|date_of_action=February 1977 - April 1987 | |date_of_action=February 1977 - April 1987 | ||
|location=Great Britain | |location=Great Britain | ||
|description_of_content=John Berry, former lance-corporal in the British Army, was outraged by the government's decision to deport two Americans, ex- CIA agent Philip Agee and journalist Mark Hosenball. Berry wrote a letter to their defense committee offering to help the case. | |description_of_content=John Berry, former lance-corporal in the British Army, was outraged by the government's decision to deport two Americans, ex- CIA agent Philip Agee and journalist Mark Hosenball. Berry wrote a letter to their defense committee offering to help the case. | ||
|description_of_incident=Berry's letter had been opened and his apartment bugged by the government. Journalists Crispin Aubrey and Duncan Campbell had a meeting with him and all three were arrested due to the Official Secrets Act. | |description_of_incident=Berry's letter had been opened and his apartment bugged by the government. Journalists Crispin Aubrey and Duncan Campbell had a meeting with him and all three were arrested due to the Official Secrets Act. | ||
|description_of_result=Ten years later, Campbell made a film series, ''Secret Society,'' which he was not allowed to screen until April 1987 because it revealed some government secrets. | |description_of_result=Ten years later, Campbell made a film series, ''Secret Society,'' which he was not allowed to screen until April 1987 because it revealed some government secrets. | ||
|source= | |source=https://www.scribd.com/doc/31050119/Encyclopedia-of-Censorship | ||
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(Green, Jonathon The Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1990. Print) | |||
Latest revision as of 19:38, 15 November 2016
Artist: Crispin Aubrey, John Berry, Duncan Campbell
Year: 1978
Date of Action: February 1977 - April 1987
Region: Europe
Location: Great Britain
Subject: Copyright, Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Film Video
Confronting Bodies: British Government
Description of Artwork: John Berry, former lance-corporal in the British Army, was outraged by the government's decision to deport two Americans, ex- CIA agent Philip Agee and journalist Mark Hosenball. Berry wrote a letter to their defense committee offering to help the case.
The Incident: Berry's letter had been opened and his apartment bugged by the government. Journalists Crispin Aubrey and Duncan Campbell had a meeting with him and all three were arrested due to the Official Secrets Act.
Results of Incident: Ten years later, Campbell made a film series, Secret Society, which he was not allowed to screen until April 1987 because it revealed some government secrets.
Source:
• https://www.scribd.com/doc/31050119/Encyclopedia-of-Censorship
(Green, Jonathon The Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1990. Print)
