Documentary on intensive pig farming faces legal threat
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/may/29/pig-business-documentary-legal-threat
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The film was due to be broadcast on Channel 4 in February but was cancelled because of legal fears. A planned screening at the Frontline Club in London earlier this year was also called off.
On Wednesday London's Barbican centre was forced to delay a screening of the film after Smithfield's lawyers wrote a letter saying that the film was defamatory and included untrue claims. The show went ahead when the filmmaker, Tracy Worcester, signed an indemnity taking personal responsibility for its content.
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JanforGore
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Factory farms are animal abuse plain and simple, and a great strain on the sustainbility of our eco systems. It's about time those profitting from it were outted.
I'm featuring this post on the Sustainable Agriculture Channel:
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JanforGore
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pjacobs51
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An attack on freedom of speech?
Or a job worthy of Erin Brockovich!
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pjacobs51
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scabbio
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Where there is smoke there is fire. These companies should be terminated permanently. Factory farming is evil. Please don't endorse this kind of torturous treatment of God's creatures by buying factory farmed products of any kind. It is simply wrong to do so.
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scabbio
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gbonser
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Have you ever driven by a pig farm? Nothing that smells like that can be right. I feel sorry for the pigs. Don't eat factory food!
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gbonser
