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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 | ||
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|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=https://www.scribd.com/doc/31050119/Encyclopedia-of-Censorship | |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) | (Green, Jonathon The Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1990. Print) | ||