uk-netmarketing Archive (2011-2015)

One for the legal eagles on NM please.
 
A client of mine runs a website which is a reviews directory of sites in a market sector. As part of the reviews directory, which lists every single site in the market (irrelevant of whether or not they are a client), the directory listing uses screenshots from each site. It's similar to Rotten Tomatoes.
 
One of these sites has had a falling out with a site who is an affiliate client (they dont like the fact that people are posting negative reviews) and has been told that they must remove the screenshots. They've received a snotty letter from the lawyers stating;
 
".. you have no right or license to reproduce these screenshots"
 
They also go on to state that my client may only use the site name 'in accordance with honest practises in industrial and commercial matters' but that the sites review system is '....significantly misleading and in contrary to the provisions of the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008'.

So, two questions I suppose;
 
1) Can my client continue to use a screenshot from the site?
 
2) Can they force my client to a) not use the site name and b) have to amend the review system?
 
I think the client feels he's being bullied here when he's not really doing anything wrong, just that the site doesnt like the bad reviews.
 
Thanks
 
Mark
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mm.chinwag.com/pipermail/uk-netmarketing/attachments/20111114/d03d3728/attachment.htm