I think it is certainly possible to do that, assuming that the publication ban gets applied to everyone at the outset and there is a publication ban on everyone, but if two people decide, “I want to be able to speak about this going forward”, I think this is the only situation where a judge should hesitate to immediately revoke all the publication bans. The judge should say, “I want to think about this and see if there is a way we can have the publication ban lifted in relation to the two of you and not the other three.” If, for example, they are siblings and share a last name, and one person wants to speak out publicly, they might still be able to have the publication ban lifted in relation to them, as long as they agree to protect their sibling's interest—
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