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Producer Arrested In Wife's Murder

Posted on November 17, 2010
From Findlaw: Bruce Beresford-Redman will appear in court today for the first time in a fight over his extradition to Mexico. He is suspected in his wife's murder. Monica Beresford-Redman was found dead at a Mexican resort in April of...

Does a Lawyer's Advice Get FA Protection?

Posted on November 17, 2010
Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law, is publishing Attorney Advice and the First Amendment, in a forthcoming issue of the Washington and Lee Law Review. Here is the abstract. An attorney?s advice for navigating and, when necessary,...

Who's a Journalist (Canadian Edition)?

Posted on November 17, 2010
Teresa Scassa, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, has published Journalistic Purposes and Private Sector Data Protection Legislation: Blogs, Tweets, and Information Maps. Here is the abstract. This paper explores how changes in the ways in which...

Rethinking Defamation Law

Posted on November 17, 2010
David S. Ardia, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, is publishing Reputation in a Networked World: Revisiting the Social Foundations of Defamation Law, in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. It is time again to rethink defamation law...

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Localism and Communications

Posted on November 17, 2010
Jon Garon, Hamline University School of Law, has published Localism as a Production Imperative: An Alternative Framework to Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage and Expressions of Folklore, in Bits Without Borders--Law, Communications & Transnational Culture Lfow in the Digital Age, September...

Copyright Protection For "Unfixed" Works

Posted on November 17, 2010
Larisa Mann, University of California, Berkeley, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, is publishing If it Ain?t Broke.... Copyright?s Fixation Requirement and Cultural Citizenship, in a forthcoming volume of the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts...

The Beatles Have Landed

Posted on November 17, 2010
...with great success on iTunes, and reports are that their albums are selling extremely well. The NYT opines that the addition of Beatle Tunes to Apple's stock was a Very Good Idea.

The Freedom Not to Listen

Posted on November 16, 2010
Matthew Finkin, University of Illinois College of Law, has published Captive Audition, Human Dignity, and Federalism: Ruminations on an Oregon Law, in Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal (forthcoming). Here is the abstract. In 2009, Oregon enacted a law allowing...

Well Known Publicist Killed in Los Angeles

Posted on November 16, 2010
The Hollywood Reporter is announcing the death of publicist Ronni Chasen early this morning. She was apparently shot and killed while driving in Beverly Hills. She was returning home from attending a movie premiere. More here from THR, here from...

Freedom of Speech for Students and Prisoners

Posted on November 16, 2010
Aaron H. Caplan, Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) has published Freedom of Speech in School and Prison at 85 Washington Law Review 71 (2010). Here is the abstract. Students often compare their schools unfavorably to prisons, most often in a...

Call For Papers: Reynolds Courts and Media Law Journal

Posted on November 16, 2010
From Eric P. Robinson, Esq., Deputy Director, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for the Courts and Media CALL FOR PAPERS With the support of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Courts and Media, based at...

The NLRB and Captive Audiences

Posted on November 16, 2010
Paul M. Secunda, Marquette University Law School, has published The Future of NLRB Doctrine on Captive Audience Speeches, in volume 87 of the Indiana Law Journal (2012). Here is the abstract. Under the National Labor Relations Act, as interpreted by....

Protecting Student Speech

Posted on November 16, 2010
Azhar Majeed, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has published Putting Their Money Where Their Mouth Is: The Case for Denying Qualified Immunity to University Administrators for Violating Students? Speech Rights in volume 8 of the Cardozo Public Law,...

What Is "The Press"? And Why Does It Get Its Own Clause?

Posted on November 16, 2010
Sonja West, University of Georgia School of Law, is publishing Awakening the Press Clause in a forthcoming issue of the UCLA Law Review. Here is the abstract. The Free Press Clause enjoys less practical significance than almost any other constitutional...

Facebook's Right To End Service To Certain Users

Posted on November 16, 2010
Anita Ramasastry discusses Facebook's ability to "terminate" users according to its Terms of Service. "Terminate"--such a violent word.

Brownmark Films Sues Over South Park Use of Video

Posted on November 15, 2010
From the Hollywood Reporter: Brownmark Films, creators of the popular video "What What (In the Butt)" which has received more than 33 million hits on YouTube, is suing Paramount, South Park Digital Studios, Comedy Partners, MTV, and Viacom over South...

Azerbaijan Government Still Holds Journalist Despite ECHR Ruling

Posted on November 15, 2010
The Azerbaijani government has not yet released reporter Eynulla Fatullayev, despite a European Court of Human Rights ruling that it had wrongly charged and imprisoned him. Among the NGOs criticizing the Azerbaijanis is Human Rights Watch, which has released a...

FCC Media Bureau Finds That Time Warner Cable Subject To Effective Competition In Six Communities in New York State

Posted on November 15, 2010
The FCC Media Bureau has found that Time Warner Cable is subject to "effective competition" in six communities in New York (Chili, Churchville, Clarkson, Gates, Hamlin, and Henrietta). According to FCC regulations, only cable companies that are not subject to...

Campaign Speech After "Citizens United": What Effect?

Posted on November 15, 2010
Molly J. Walker Wilson, Saint Louis University School of Law, has published Too Much of a Good Thing: Campaign Speech after Citizens United, at 31 Cardozo Law Review 2365 (2010). Here is the abstract. In January 2010, the Supreme Court...

UK Approaches To the Regulation of Online Pornography

Posted on November 15, 2010
Julia H�rnle, Queen Mary University of London, School of Law, has published Countering the Dangers of Online Pornography--Shrewd Regulation of Lewd Content?, as Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper 65/2010. Here is the abstract. This Article will...

A Cyber-Informant Goes Bad, and the Secret Service Goes "Full Bore"

Posted on November 14, 2010
From the New York Times Sunday Magazine (Nov. 14, 2010), a piece on Alberto Gonzalez, cyberheister extraordinaire. He helped the federal government, and then he didn't. Said his sentencing judge, "What I found most devastating was the fact that you...

The Web Series As Alternative Entertainment To TV and Film

Posted on November 14, 2010
The web series--an emerging art form, discussed here by the NYT's Mike Hale.

Brain Whispering

Posted on November 14, 2010
Will legislators be concerned about what these kinds of studies seem to reveal? Neuroscience researchers say they are analyzing brain responses to more sophisticated marketing techniques, the "latest incarnation," says one scholar, of attempts to influence consumers to purchase.

EU Commissioner Says Current Net Neutrality Policies, Regs Ok For Now

Posted on November 13, 2010
Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, says about the current net neutrality regime: [W]e have to avoid regulation which might deter investment and an efficient use of the available resources. That would be cutting off our nose...

The NYT On the "Terror Tweet"

Posted on November 13, 2010
More on the Paul Chambers "Terror Tweet" case, from the New York Times.

Stephen Fry Offers To Pay Fine For "Menacing Tweeter"

Posted on November 12, 2010
Paul Chambers sent what a judge has ruled was a "menacing Tweet" expressing his frustration with the closing of a local airport and was socked with a conviction and a thousand pound fine. He appealled, and a judge has now...

FCC Begins Investigation Of Google Street View Program

Posted on November 12, 2010
The FCC has announced it is investigating Google's Street View program for privacy breaches. Like agencies in several other countries, the agency launched an investigation because of private complaints. The Wall Street Journal reported that the FCC began its look...

UK Local Councils Shouldn't Charge For FOI Requests

Posted on November 12, 2010
From Roy Greenslade's blog: local councils cannot charge for freedom of information requests. Apparently, Hampshire County Council (England) had been planning to charge for such requests, and reporters were up in arms over the issue. Secretary of State for Communities...

Pineapple Chunks and a Storebought Chicken

Posted on November 12, 2010
Friday fun: The Sun provides a link to the MasterChef parody that has become an Internet hit in just one week.

PRC Objects To Image of Chinese Intelligence Agents On BBC Show

Posted on November 12, 2010
The People's Republic of China is extremely unhappy at the portrayal of Chinese agents on the popular BBC spy drama Spooks. In fact, the Chinese government is so miffed that it has told media in China not to "cooperate" with...

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