CMU that Libertines are getting quite a bit of hassle over London council's anti-fly posting crackdown.
<;blockquote>Diabolical Liberties have responded to this week's court proceedings relating to Camden Council's attempts to slam Anti-social Behaviour Orders against four of their staff. As previously reported, very little happened in court on Wednesday except for the magistrate rejecting the marketing firms claims that Camden had gone about applying for ABSOs to be issued in the wrong way and therefore the whole case should be thrown out of court.
Following the court case the marketing firm, who are one of the UK's leading companies for planning and coordinating flyposting campaigns, again stressed that they had attempted to persuade Camden to adopt some kind of regulated street poster system like that put forward by a company called City Centre Posters. In a statement the company told reporters: "Today at Highbury Corner magistrates court a legal process began which will have implications for how London's councils choose, or choose not, to incorporate cultural advertising into modern city living. Diabolical liberties believes there is an urgent need for an open debate about whether the people of Camden want to see street posters remain in the borough, in the form of an authorised scheme. Many other councils and communities around the UK are benefiting from authorised poster schemes. Diabolical liberties asks for Camden to consider the opportunity. Camden council have not yet responded. We would prefer to debate the issue through the correct channels, including the council chamber and local media. However, if Camden council insists we take this debate through the courts, then we are happy to do so."...
Other bands, including Dodgeblogium faves, are waiting to see if they will get any of the fall-out from this litter row. There is some debate on whether the responsbility merely lies with the fly-posterers themselves or also with the bands that take on their services.
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