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Annie Leibovitz Sued Over Photographs

Posted on September 06, 2009
The BBC reports that an Italian photographer is suing famed photog Annie Leibovitz for infringement. He alleges that she used some of his photos without permission in a calendar released this year. He is asking the district court for an...

Teen Gets Two Years For "Sexting"

Posted on September 05, 2009
Isaac Owusu, the defendant in the Vermont "sexting" case, has received a two-year sentence, but will serve 90 days as a result of a plea deal. The Vermont legislature has in the meantime decriminalized "sexting" for minors (2009 Vt. Act...

Amazon Offers Giftie To Annoyed Kindle Customers

Posted on September 05, 2009
Amazon.com is trying to put that unfortunate "1984" decision behind it by offering replacement copies of those George Orwell titles to customers who lost theirs when the company zapped them from Kindles earlier this summer. The company took the action...

Does Trade Secret Litigation Restrict Free Speech?

Posted on September 04, 2009
Elizabeh A. Rowe, University of Florida College of Law, has published "Trade Secret Litigation and Free Speech: Is it Time to Restrain the Plaintiffs?" in Boston College Law Review (2009). Here is the abstract. Trade secret misappropriation litigation is often...

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Nick Cassavetes Sues New Line Over "Peaceable Kingdom" Directing Job

Posted on September 03, 2009
Nick Cassavetes ("The Notebook," "My Sister's Keeper,") is suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract, alleging it failed to hire him to direct the new film "Peaceable Kingdom." He rewrote the script, he alleges, with the understanding that he...

Fierce Anonymous Comments Continue To Bubble Up Online

Posted on September 03, 2009
Juicy Campus may be gone but its own Generation Xers are here. Sites such as Campus Gossip and College ACB offer scope for anonymous gossipers to post comments, frequently nasty, about people they may or may not know. Read more...

Advertising Standards Authority Finds American Apparel Ad In Breach

Posted on September 02, 2009
The Advertising Standards Authority has told American Apparel it may not run an ad featuring a "semi-nude" model because the woman appears to be under 16, even though the company says the woman is 23. The ASA said the woman...

EU Copyright Law and Protection For Digital Information

Posted on September 02, 2009
Arun Krishnan has published "Copyright Law of the European Union." Here is the abstract. Neither the Current EC Directives nor TRIPS make significant legal adjustments to cater for digitised information systems serving world networks, for information superhighways are too novel...

Live 365 Files Suit Over Constitutionality of Copyright Royalty Board

Posted on September 02, 2009
From the Blog of Legal Times: the Internet radio service Live 365 has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Copyright Royalty Board is unconstitutional. The company says that those who sit on the board have such authority that they should...

Ninth Circuit Allows Hilton Suit Against Hallmark To Move Forward

Posted on September 01, 2009
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that Paris Hilton's lawsuit against Hallmark Cards can proceed. Ms. Hilton alleges that the card, which depicts a waitress with Ms. Hilton's face, infringes her rights of publicity and use of her catchphrase "That's hot".....

Amending EC Telecom Law

Posted on September 01, 2009
Simon Bradshaw, BPP Law School, and Lilian Edwards, University of Sheffield Law School, have published "Analysis of Recent Amendments to the EC Telecoms Package: Do They Provide a Legal Basis in Europe for 'Three Strikes and You're Out' Anti Filesharing...

Judge Overturns MySpace Verdict

Posted on September 01, 2009
Judge George Wu has formally dismissed the conviction against Lori Drew, charged with the "MySpace hoax" that led to the suicide of Megan Meier. Judge Wu wrote in the opinion ending the case that the wording of the Federal Computer...

Designer Anand Jon Alexander Awaits Sentencing

Posted on August 31, 2009
Designer Anand Jon Alexander, convicted of forcible rape last year, could receive up to life in prison for his crimes. He was found guilty of enticing young women to Los Angeles under the pretext of hiring them as models, then...

"Wire" Creator: Advertising Hampers Creativity

Posted on August 31, 2009
David Simon, who created the popular series The Wire, says advertising constrains creativity on television. "Television as a medium, in terms of being literate and telling stories, has short-changed itself since its inception. "That is because of advertising...

The Role of the Journalist

Posted on August 31, 2009
Chris Dent, University of Melbourne Law School, has published "'Journalists are the Confessors of the Public' Says One Foucaultian," in volume 9 of Journalism (2008). Here is the abstract. The article combines Foucault?s ideas of discursive formations, practices and subjects...

Dutch Royal Family Wins Favorable Ruling On Privacy Against Associated Press

Posted on August 29, 2009
The Dutch royals have won a ruling from a Dutch court that the AP violated their privacy by publishing photos of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his family on holiday in Argentina (Princess Maxima was born in Argentina). The AP snapped...

No Jokes From Flickr

Posted on August 29, 2009
Flickr has removed that Jokerized pic of President Obama from its site, for what the company called "copyright concerns," and it zapped user comments as well. And all that has now apparently caused more comment than if Flickr had done...

FCC Commissioner McDowell On the D. C. Circuit Cable Ownership Cap Ruling

Posted on August 28, 2009
STATEMENT OF FCC COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL REGARDING THE D.C. CIRCUIT?S DECISION TO STRike down the FCC?s CABle ownership cap The following statement can be attributed to Commissioner Robert M. McDowell: ?It was clear in December 2007, when I dissented...

Protecting Consumers

Posted on August 28, 2009
From the FCC The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry on whether there are additional opportunities to protect and empower American consumers by ensuring sufficient access to relevant information about communications services. As communications technologies and services become more...

Dominick Dunne Dies

Posted on August 27, 2009
Author Dominick Dunne has died. He was 83. Mr. Dunne began his career in films, producing such movies as Panic in Needle Park, The Boys in the Band, and Play It As It Lays, the last based on a work...

Targeted Advertising and Privacy

Posted on August 27, 2009
FindLaw's Eric Sinrod on behavior advertising and privacy concerns here.

No Laughing Matter

Posted on August 27, 2009
Comedian Sunda Croonquist and her in-laws are facing off in court on September 8 over the entertainer's routine, which features lines about the family. The in-laws don't like them, characterizing them as "false, defamatory and racist," particularly the ones about...

The Anonymous Blogger Debate Widens

Posted on August 26, 2009
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd, like other columnists, weighs in on a judge's ruling in the anonymous blogger case, and so do readers. Many, like her, think anonymous speech on the net may have gone too far, but not...

Wikipedia Changes Editorial Model, and Hopes To Move On

Posted on August 25, 2009
The BBC reports that Wikipedia is close to a radical change of its publishing model, which would provide for editorial control of changes to pages devoted to living persons and "some organizations." The changes are in response to recent problems...

The History of Intellectual Property Law Rhetoric

Posted on August 25, 2009
Justin Hughes, Cardozo School of Law, has published "Notes on the Origin of Intellectual Property: Revised Conclusions and New Sources," as Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 265. Here is the abstract. Following work published in 2006, this article explores...

Analyzing the Google Book Settlement

Posted on August 25, 2009
Matthew Sag, DePaul University School of Law, has published "The Google Book Settlement and the Fair Use Counterfactual." Here is the abstract. This Article compares the pending settlement between Google and the representative author and publisher plaintiffs to the most...

Regulating Pornography On the Internet

Posted on August 25, 2009
Lilian Edwards, University of Sheffield Law School, has published "Pornography, Censorship and the Internet," in Law and the Internet (L. Edwards & C. Waelde eds.; Hart Publishing, 2009). Here is the abstract. Over a decade since the Internet became an...

Tony Curtis Interview Gets BBC Show In Trouble With Regulator

Posted on August 24, 2009
An episode of the BBC series TalkBack featuring an interview with Tony Curtis has drawn an investigation and talking-to from Ofcom. The actor said he thought the interview was taped; on discovering his swear words were going out live he...

Next Meeting of the FCC's Consumer Advisory Committee Scheduled For Sept. 10

Posted on August 24, 2009
From the FCC: Announcement of Next Meeting Date and Agenda of Consumer Advisory Committee By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (?Commission?) announces the date and agenda of the next meeting of its Consumer Advisory Committee (?Committee?)...

Reaction To Glenn Beck's Obama Comment

Posted on August 24, 2009
From the Huffington Post: more major advertisers seem upset with Glenn Beck's Obama/racist comment and are increasingly insisting that their ads not air during his time slot.

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