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FBI Releases Files on Jack Anderson

Posted on October 12, 2008
Pursuant to an FOIA request filed nearly three years ago by the Associated Press, the FBI has released files compiled on the late journalist Jack Anderson. Read more here in an AP story.

Author Decides To Delay Release of Book on Prophet Muhammed's Wife, Apparently Because of Violence

Posted on October 11, 2008
Sherry Jones, the author of a forthcoming biography of Aisha, a bride of the Prophet Muhammed, says she, and apparently her publisher, will delay British release of the book, titled "The Jewel of Medina." The AP is reporting that her...

Radio Station Says It Will Air Public Service Spots On HIV/AIDS After On-Air Hosts Make Comments About Magic Johnson

Posted on October 10, 2008
The AP reports that Minneapolis radio station KTLK has announced it will air some public service spots recognizing the gravity of HIV/AIDS as a disease and the work sports star Magic Johnson has done to promote awareness of and cures...

Check Those Junk Email Folders, Just In Case

Posted on October 10, 2008
Ack! What happens when email sent by your ISP containing important new information lands in the junk email folder provided by your ISP based on spam filters created by your ISP? Are you still supposed to check your junk mail...

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Steven J. Heyman's Free Speech & Human Dignity

Posted on October 10, 2008
Steven J. Heyman's new book Free Speech & Human Dignity (Yale, 2007) attempts to offer a coherent, rights-based theory of the First Amendment in analyzing some of the important issues facing our society today. Professor Heyman, who teaches at Chicago-Kent...

Philippine Ambassador Sends Letter To BBC, Objecting To Comedy Sketch On Popular Show

Posted on October 10, 2008
The Philippine Ambassador to the UK and others have objected to a sketch that aired on the BBC1 comedy show "Harry and Paul", calling it racist. Ambassador Edgardo Espiritu sent a letter of protest to the head of the BBC...

House of Lords Committee Hears Testimony On Influence of Popular BBC Radio Program "Today"

Posted on October 10, 2008
Journalists testifying before a House of Lords committee told it that the popular BBC Radio 4 program Today does not have the kind of influence that it's reputed to have, although it does provide an audience for governmental announcements. But...

NUJ Pursues Labor Action Against Trinity Mirror Management

Posted on October 10, 2008
The Guardian reports that the National Union of Journalists continues to pursue a labor action against several of the Trinity Mirror's papers, based on its objections that management has not kept its promises, even though the union has cancelled a...

BBC Withdraws Part of Defense In Defamation Suit Brought By Physician Plaintiff

Posted on October 09, 2008
In a defamation case brought by a British physician against the BBC, the defendant has withdrawn a defense based on qualified privilege. Therefore, the presiding judge, Mr. Justice Eady, noted that Dr. Mohamed Taranissi was "entitled in principle" to a...

New Zealand University Pulls Master's Thesis From Library Shelves To Examine Claim That It Makes Defamatory Statements

Posted on October 09, 2008
From the Chronicle of Higher Education comes this bit of news: the University of Waikato (New Zealand) has pulled a master's degree thesis over the objections of its author, based on the request of a former member of the Neo-Nazi...

Chinese Copyright Law and Internet Parody

Posted on October 09, 2008
Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi, Sr., Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Law, has published "Chinese Copyright Law, Peer Production and the Participatory Media Age: An Old Regime in a New World," in Copyright Law, Digital Content and the Internet in the...

New British Survey on Defamation Shows Rise in Settlements

Posted on October 09, 2008
According to a new Sweet and Maxwell survey, fewer media defendants are willing to take a defamation case all the way through to a verdict. Instead, they're more willing to resort to settlements. The researchers believe that such settlements result...

Need To Know the Inside Scoop On Reality Show "Survivor"?

Posted on October 09, 2008
If you wanted to know, MSNBC.com's Andy Dehnart has the inside track on some "Survivor" secrets here. For example, what is a "mactor"? Do things really happen as they are shown on the show as aired? Do contestants get toothbrushes?...

WGA Tells Members That They Should Steer Clear of New Osbourne Reality Show Because of Pay Problems

Posted on October 09, 2008
The Writers Guild of America is telling its members that the new show featuring the Osbourne family should be off limits since its producer Fremantle does not pay according to WGA scale. The WGA told members that those who opted...

McCain Not "Our Hero"--Foo Fighters

Posted on October 09, 2008
Like Jackson Browne, the Foo Fighters object to John McCain's use of their work in his political campaign. In the Foo Fighters' case, the song is "My Hero," and the band says that the campaign's use of the song "tarnishes"...

Country Life Settles Defamation Lawsuit With Barbados Politician

Posted on October 08, 2008
Yet another British magazine has agreed to pay damages and legal fees over a false story published in its pages. Country Life, the glossy weekly, has acknowledged that its reference via a song to the suggestion that Mia Amor Mottley,...

SNL Sketch Disappears, But Network Says It Will Be Back

Posted on October 08, 2008
Courtney Hazlett of "The Scoop" explains what happened to that "bailout sketch" from Saturday Night Live. It was available online, then it disappeared. Conspiracy theorists suggested pressure from somewhere forced NBC to remove it. But no, says the network...

Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Producer's Breach of Contract Lawsuit Against NBC

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Seventh Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a breach of contract lawsuit against NBC by a producer for the show To Catch a Predator. The plaintiff had asserted that the network failed to follow its own internal guidelines in...

Oliver Stone's "W"

Posted on October 07, 2008
Variety reviews Oliver Stone's new cinebio of George W. Bush here.

Cyber Attacks and the Rise of Cyber Civil Rights

Posted on October 07, 2008
Danielle Keats Citron, University of Maryland School of Law, has published "Cyber Civil Rights," in volume 89 of the Boston University Law Review (2009). Here is the abstract. Social networking sites and blogs have increasingly become breeding grounds for anonymous...

Google's "Image Search" and the Copyright Law

Posted on October 07, 2008
Eugene Goryunov, John Marshall Law School (Chicago), has published "All Rights Reserved: Does Google's 'Image Search' Infringe Vested Exclusive Rights Granted Under the Copyright Law? " in volume 41 of the John Marshall Law Review (2008). Here is the abstract...

Researching On the 'Net and the Law

Posted on October 07, 2008
Christopher Soghoian, Harvard University and Indiana University, has published "Legal Risks for Phishing Researchers." Here is the abstract. Researchers are increasingly turning to live, `in the wild' phishing studies of users, who unknowingly participate without giving informed consent...

Media in the Republic of Georgia

Posted on October 07, 2008
Dan Bilefsky and Michael Schwirtz of the New York Times write about restrictions on media and speech rights in Mikhail Saakashvili's Georgia here.

Daily Beast Begins To Nosh

Posted on October 07, 2008
New website/virtual mag/blog aggregator of interest: Tina Brown's The Daily Beast, named for Evelyn Waugh's fictional newspaper from the novel Scoop. Check it out, as well as reviews here and here.

EU May Block British Subsidy To Channel 4 For Digital Changeover

Posted on October 07, 2008
The EU seems to be opposed to British funding of Channel 4's move to digital broadcasting. EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes apparently told Foreign Secretary David Milband that the network had enough of its own money to pay for the...

Sedition Trial of Malaysian Blogger Begins

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Guardian reports on the trial of a prominent Malaysian blogger on trial for sedition. Raja Petra Kamarudin had accused a government minister of involvement in the 2006 death of a Mongolian born interpreter. Read more here.

An Oregon City's Council Discusses Whether Bloggers Are Members of the Media

Posted on October 06, 2008
Lake Oswego, Oregon is trying to decide whether bloggers are members of the media. If so, they can attend executive sessions of city council meetings. If not, they're out. The issue has come up because Mark Bunster, who blogs at...

Max Mosley To Present Privacy Case Before ECHR

Posted on October 06, 2008
Max Mosley, who won his invasion of privacy suit in the English courts, now plans to continue his attack on privacy law by arguing that the remedy provided is inadequate to protect plaintiffs, because it does not allow them to...

California Newspaper Wins Appeal; May Report On Lawsuit Against It

Posted on October 04, 2008
The Orange County Register has won its appeal of a trial court judge's order that it be banned from reporting on the testimony given during the lawsuit in which the paper is a defendant. Newspaper carriers are suing the Register...

Indian Film Industry Strike Ends Quickly

Posted on October 04, 2008
The BBC reports that that Indian film industry strike is over, as quickly as it began. Strike leaders say that management has agreed to worker demands. Read more here.

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