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| Mosley plans European Court bid | Mosley plans European Court bid |
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| Motorsport boss Max Mosley is taking his challenge to privacy laws to the European Court of Human Rights. | Motorsport boss Max Mosley is taking his challenge to privacy laws to the European Court of Human Rights. |
| Mr Mosley successfully sued the News of the World newspaper over claims that an orgy he took part in had a Nazi theme. | Mr Mosley successfully sued the News of the World newspaper over claims that an orgy he took part in had a Nazi theme. |
| He told the BBC he wanted to close a legal loophole which allows editors to publish revelations without first contacting the individual concerned. | He told the BBC he wanted to close a legal loophole which allows editors to publish revelations without first contacting the individual concerned. |
| Mr Mosley, president of motorsport's governing body FIA, denied he was being motivated by a need for revenge. | Mr Mosley, president of motorsport's governing body FIA, denied he was being motivated by a need for revenge. |
| Privacy ruling | Privacy ruling |
| Mr Mosley said: "We're going to Strasbourg to say that English law is inadequate to enforce the European Convention on Human Rights, and the right to privacy. | Mr Mosley said: "We're going to Strasbourg to say that English law is inadequate to enforce the European Convention on Human Rights, and the right to privacy. |
| A newspaper can simply publish very private information, completely illegally, without the victim of the publication having any opportunity to stop it." | |
| If he won, he said, the British government would have to introduce regulations meaning an editor would have to tell the person involved in a story that it was about to be published. | If he won, he said, the British government would have to introduce regulations meaning an editor would have to tell the person involved in a story that it was about to be published. |
| The days when they could just toss out the 100, 200, 400m euros a year, which is what Formula One costs those big companies, I think they are finished Max Mosley Mosley wants action to 'save' F1 | |
| He said it was "absolutely wrong" that it was possible to read in the papers a story about a harmless person which would involve them "having their life ruined, losing their job, being put in a difficult position with their neighbours and their family... | He said it was "absolutely wrong" that it was possible to read in the papers a story about a harmless person which would involve them "having their life ruined, losing their job, being put in a difficult position with their neighbours and their family... |
| "It's just absolutely wrong and if you're in a position to do something about it, and I am, then you should. | "It's just absolutely wrong and if you're in a position to do something about it, and I am, then you should. |
| "You shouldn't just say 'well that's all right, it doesn't matter if they ruin people's lives every weekend'. | "You shouldn't just say 'well that's all right, it doesn't matter if they ruin people's lives every weekend'. |
| "Now's an opportunity to stop that happening and it's my intention to do that if I can." | "Now's an opportunity to stop that happening and it's my intention to do that if I can." |
| Earlier this year, the High Court ruled that the News of the World breached Mr Mosley's privacy, and awarded him £60,000 in damages. | Earlier this year, the High Court ruled that the News of the World breached Mr Mosley's privacy, and awarded him £60,000 in damages. |
| Mr Mosley admitted a sado-masochistic sex session with five prostitutes, but denied that it had a Nazi theme. His father was the 1930s British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley. | Mr Mosley admitted a sado-masochistic sex session with five prostitutes, but denied that it had a Nazi theme. His father was the 1930s British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley. |
| He said he thought that was the only reason the News of the World made the Nazi accusation. | He said he thought that was the only reason the News of the World made the Nazi accusation. |
| 'Intensely embarrassing' | 'Intensely embarrassing' |
| "If I hadn't been my father's son I doubt they would've made the allegation because there was no basis to it at all," he said. | "If I hadn't been my father's son I doubt they would've made the allegation because there was no basis to it at all," he said. |
| "They were destroyed in the witness box when they were cross-examined about it because there was just nothing there. | "They were destroyed in the witness box when they were cross-examined about it because there was just nothing there. |
| "So I think they invented that because of my antecedents and that was a really disgusting thing to do and they shouldn't have done it." | "So I think they invented that because of my antecedents and that was a really disgusting thing to do and they shouldn't have done it." |
| Mr Mosley said he had been surprised when the orgy story surfaced. | Mr Mosley said he had been surprised when the orgy story surfaced. |
| "If it came out, it would be intensely embarrassing. But I thought it wouldn't come out for two reasons," he said. | "If it came out, it would be intensely embarrassing. But I thought it wouldn't come out for two reasons," he said. |
| "One was that I was very, very careful about what I did and who with. | "One was that I was very, very careful about what I did and who with. |
| "And secondly it's completely illegal to publish that sort of thing. And you assume that the newspapers will more or less obey the law." | "And secondly it's completely illegal to publish that sort of thing. And you assume that the newspapers will more or less obey the law." |
| Mr Mosley said he did not believe his reputation had been damaged by the revelation that he had effectively been lying to his wife about his private life for decades. | |
| "That's what happens in real life. I mean, you shouldn't do it but it is between you and your wife, it's not something to be discussed by the gutter press for the purposes of general information," he said. | |
| "So it's a thing you shouldn't do but at the end of the day I'm sorry to say, human nature being as it is, it's not exactly uncommon." |