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Payment for stories is legitimate in a free market and it would be impossible – if not actually illegal under human rights legislation – to disallow it. The Code does place restrictions on payments to criminals, and their associates, unless it is in the public interest. Similar restraints apply to payments to witnesses in criminal trials.
