http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-0...-a-secret.html


Quote:
BBC Seeks Court Order to Keep Identity of `Top Gear' Race Driver a Secret
By James Lumley - Aug 31, 2010 6:50 AM ET
The British Broadcasting Corp. asked for a court order preventing News Corp.’s HarperCollins from disclosing the identity of “The Stig,” a race driver who appears on the broadcaster’s “Top Gear” show.

Lawyers for BBC sought the order at a closed hearing in London today. Before the case went into a private session, HarperCollins lawyer Hugh Tomlinson said the case was about the Stig.

“The central secret in the case is the identity of the Stig,” Tomlinson said. The BBC is “seeking to restrain the identification of the second defendant.”

Justice Paul Morgan ruled that the case should be heard in private. “Publicity plainly would defeat the object of this hearing,” he said.

The BBC didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment at its press office.

To contact the reporter on this story: James Lumley in London at jlumley1@bloomberg.net;

 

Silly

Let the courts tend to issues of importance.

Shadowman

 

May seem silly but it may amount to more $$$$ that you think.

 

I had/have no doubt that there will be an extreme exchange of value in this case $$ and yet my comment refers to the “why”

Internationally the courts are choked with BS cases and IMO this type of case falls smack dab into this arena.

Takes care

Shadowman

 

I would agree that there is big $$$ at play here. The Stig is "the Stig" because of the lore they have created as to what his identity is.

It just looks like some other media outlet is looking to capitalize on Top Gear and potentially hurt the broadcast.