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The Intersection of Tort Law and Media Ethics

Posted on May 21, 2009
Richard T. Karcher, Florida Coastal School of Law, has published Tort Law and Journalism Ethics, at 40 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 781 (2009). This paper compares and contrasts the ethical obligations of news reporters under journalism ethics codes with...

Danish Reporter Runs Afoul Of Animal Abuse Laws

Posted on May 20, 2009
According to NPR, a Danish reporter fell afoul of the law when she tried to prove a point about toxic products by putting shampoo in water populated by guppies. She was convicted of animal cruelty. But a judge let her...

Press Complaints Commission Rules Magazine In Breach For Checkbook Journalism

Posted on May 20, 2009
The Press Complaints Commission has told Take a Break magazine that its payment to the daughter of a woman convicted of arson was in violation of the Press Code. Take a Break paid the daughter of Christine Chivers, convicted of...

Chilling Effects

Posted on May 20, 2009
Justice Secretary Jack Straw says the result of conditional fee arrangements, in which the plaintiffs' attorneys can charge if they win, but nothing if they lose, is causing a "chilling effect" in British media law. For well financed media, such...

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"So Easy, Even A Man Can Do It"

Posted on May 20, 2009
The Advertising Standards Authority has determined that an oven cleaner ad that uses the line "So easy, even a man can do it," is not sexist and demeaning to men. The ASA concluded that viewers would see the ad as...

That TV License Fee

Posted on May 20, 2009
The British tv license fee, which funds the BBC, has been under scrutiny for some time. Right now the House of Commons is debating whether to hold the line for a year, instead of allowing the fee to increase as...

Supreme Court Grants Cert In Conrad Black Case

Posted on May 20, 2009
Conrad Black, the former head of Hollinger International, who was convicted of mail fraud, will get his day at the Supreme Court. The Court granted cert in his case. See the 7th circuit denial of his appeal here.

Evaluating the Criminalizing of Privacy Violations

Posted on May 20, 2009
Dennis J. Baker, King's College London, School of Law, has published The Sense and Nonsense of Criminalizing Transfers of Obscene Material: Criminalizing Privacy Violations, at 26 Singapore Law Review 126 (2008). Here is the abstract. The recent distribution of nude...

Rapper Dies of Gunshot Wounds at L.A. Hospital

Posted on May 19, 2009
Rapper Dolla (Roderick Anthony Burton II) has died of gunshot wounds at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He was 21. Mr. Burton, who was reportedly with rapper DJ Shabbazz, were outside a local mall when he was shot. Police are investigating....

Music Groups Sue Programmer For Infringement

Posted on May 19, 2009
Several music industry groups, including Sony, are suing Pablo Soto for unfair competition over P2P file-sharing programs that allow free downloads. Mr. Soto claims that his programs allow use consistent with Spanish law. Read more here.

No Inquiry Into Leak Over MP Expenses

Posted on May 19, 2009
Whoever leaked information about the expenses of Members of Parliament to the media--a very hot issue--is apparently safe from police investigation after the London police decided not to pursue an inquiry. Law enforcement, along with the Crown Prosecution Service, have...

Anita Ramasastry On the Duty To Remove Online Content After Barnes v. Yahoo

Posted on May 19, 2009
FindLaw's Anita Ramasastry discusses whether website operators have a duty to remove "malicious content" from interactive sites. She discusses the recent 9th Circuit ruling, Barnes v. Yahoo.

Concerns Over Blasphemy Bill In Ireland

Posted on May 19, 2009
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) warns of the effects of introduction of a new blasphemy bill in Ireland, amending the existing Defamation Law.

A Bird In the Hand

Posted on May 19, 2009
So, granted, this post has nothing to do with media law, but I need a break from posting about lawsuits and trials and all that. This post has to do with a man, a mama duck, and her brood. Watch...

Woody Allen, American Apparel Settle For $5 Million

Posted on May 18, 2009
Actor/director Woody Allen and manufacturer American Apparel have apparently settled out of court over the company's use of an image of Mr. Allen from the film "Annie Hall." A trial was set to start today. Mr. Allen read a statement...

Do We Need a Federal Law Against Cyberbullying?

Posted on May 18, 2009
Helen Popkin discusses the wisdom of laws against cyberbullying. Currently under discussion: H.R. 1966: Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, introduced by Linda Sanchez, (CA), numerous co-sponsors. Meanwhile, Lori Drew awaits sentencing in the MySpace case: she was convicted in November...

The Media's Impact

Posted on May 18, 2009
Gina Barreca discusses the impact of the media's war coverage, then (during the Vietnam era) and now.

Get the SEC on the Phone: The Profession's Looking Iffy On TV

Posted on May 17, 2009
Elena Marty-Nelson, Nova Southeastern University Law Center, has published Securities Laws in Soap Operas and Telenovelas: Are All My Children Engaged in Securities Fraud? at 18 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 329 (2009). Here is the abstract...

A New York Times Editorial on the President's Detainee Photos Order

Posted on May 17, 2009
An editorial from the New York Times on President Obama's decision not to release detainee photos in spite of two court orders to do so.

More On Criminal Libel In Colorado

Posted on May 15, 2009
An update in the Weichel (criminal libel) case: Mr. Weichel pled guilty May 14 to two counts of harassment and received four years of probation, a five hundred dollar fine and sixty hours of community service. Read more here in...

A New Article on Criminal Libel

Posted on May 15, 2009
David Pritchard, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has published Rethinking Criminal Libel: An Empirical Study, forthcoming in 14 Comm. L. & Pol?y (2009). Here is the abstract. The prevailing view of criminal libel among communication law scholars in the United States...

Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court Denial of Motion To Strike Under La. Anti-Slapp Statute In Defamation Case

Posted on May 15, 2009
In Henry v. Lake Charles American Press, the Fifth Circuit has reversed a lower court ruling denying defendants' motion to strike under Louisiana's anti-SLAPP statute, La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 971. Henry was the owner and president of Chennault Jet...

Two American Journalists To Go On Trial; Roxana Saberi In Vienna

Posted on May 15, 2009
North Korea is putting two U.S. journalists, detained for the past several months, on trial next month. It's not clear what charges the government has brought against Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who work for Current TV. Meanwhile, Iranian-American journalist...

Butter Wars

Posted on May 15, 2009
Former Sex Pistol John Lydon has plunged into an ad war in behalf of Country Life butter, which is battling for supremacy over rival brand Anchor, a New Zealand brand. Apparently, a number of loyal Anchor buyers think it's British,...

Henry King, Nuremburg Prosecutor and Scholar of International Law

Posted on May 15, 2009
From Case Western Reserve Law School's Michael Scharf: It is with great sorrow that I pass along the news that our dear friend and colleague, Professor Henry T. King, Jr. died on Saturday, May 9, 2009, just a few weeks...

The Fairness Doctrine

Posted on May 15, 2009
An update on the Fairness doctrine from the Blog of the Legal Times.

More On the Google Book Search Settlement

Posted on May 15, 2009
Not everyone thinks the Google Book Search settlement is a good idea. Pamela Samuelson at Boalt Hall Law School has pointed out the pros and cons of the settlement in a letter sent to Judge Denny Chin, who's overseeing the...

A Book on Detroit TV

Posted on May 15, 2009
A new book of interest: Tim Kiska's A Newscast for the Masses: The History of Detroit Television News (Wayne State University Press, 2009). Mr. Kiska teaches journalism at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.

No Testimony From Farrow, Soon-Yi Previn in Allen Trial

Posted on May 15, 2009
Lawyers for American Apparel say they will not call Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn to the stand. Read more here.

Examining Filtering

Posted on May 15, 2009
T. J. McIntyre, and Colin Scott, University College, Dublin, School of Law, have published Internet Filtering: Rhetoric, Legitimacy, Accountability and Responsibility in Regulating Technologies (R. Brownsword and K. Yeung eds.; Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2008)...

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