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U.S. Access To Craigslist "Adult Services" Apparently Blocked
Posted on September 05, 2010Craigslist, possibly in a response to public opinion, has blocked U.S. access to its "adult services" area with a "censored" tag, according to this report from the New York Times. Is the block permanent?
Texas AG Investigating Google Search Results
Posted on September 04, 2010From the New York TImes: The Texas Attorney General is investigating whether Google's search results are "search neutral." In a post on the company's blog, Google explains that Occasionally, we?re asked about the ?fairness? of our search engine -- why...
Cloud Computing and Data Protection and Security in the EU
Posted on September 02, 2010Paolo Balboni, European Privacy Association, Italian Institute for Privacy, Tilburg University, has published Data Protection and Data Security Issues Related to Cloud Computing in the EU, in ISSE 2010 Securing Electronic Business Processes: Highlights of the Information Scurity Solutions Europe...
FCC Chair's Remarks On Open Internet Access
Posted on September 02, 2010From the FCC ?Over the past months we have worked to preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet, based on the conviction that an open Internet is vital to innovation and private investment, competition, and free speech. ?These efforts...
Judge Removes Juror For Facebook Comment; Sentences Her To Write Essay On Sixth Amendment
Posted on September 02, 2010From the AP: a judge hearing a case of resisting arrest removed a juror in the case for posting a Facebook page on which the juror had written that it was "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're GUILTY"...
News of the World Staff Alleged To Have Hacked More Than Just Royals' Phones
Posted on September 02, 2010The Guardian has picked up a New York Times investigative report on allegations of phone hacking and other improper activities linked to Andy Colson, now media advisor to the British Prime Minister, but formerly editor at News of the World....
Press Subsidies
Posted on September 01, 2010David Schizer, Columbia Law School, has published Subsidizing the Press, as Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 376. Here is the abstract. Information is the lifeblood of a free society, and the professional press is a crucial source of...
The Lawyer On the Net
Posted on September 01, 2010Lucille A. Jewel, John Marshall Law School (Atlanta), has published I Can Has Lawyer? The Conflict Between the Participatory Culture of the Internet and the Legal Profession. Here is the abstract. The Internet allows citizens to comment on public affairs...
Final Report: New Challenges To Data Protection (European Commission Directorate General, Justice)
Posted on September 01, 2010Douwe Korff, London Metropolitan University, and Ian Brown, University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, have published New Challenges to Data Protection - Final Report, as European Commission DG Justice, Freedom and Security Report. Here is the abstract...
Dow Jones v. Gutnick and the Evolution of Defamation Law
Posted on September 01, 2010Fredrick Oduol Oduor, Deakin University, has published The Evolution of Internet Defamation Law: Will Dow Jones v. Gutnick Survive the International Legal Schisms and Legislative Onslaught? Here is the abstract. The internet is currently the most versatile medium of communication...
The CIA Comes In From the Cold
Posted on August 31, 2010From the AP: How Leon Panetta interacts with reality TV.
The Photojournalist and the Reality Show
Posted on August 28, 2010From the New York Times, an article about the reality show husband who "wishes he had said no."
Sotomayor On Wikileaks, Free Speech and National Security
Posted on August 27, 2010Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she believes the Wikileaks debate may end up before the Supreme Court at some point, since the issue is one of balancing free speech and national security. More here from the Guardian.
An Analysis of the Interaction Between Anonymous Speech Rights Online and the First Amendment on the 'Net
Posted on August 27, 2010Migeul E. Larios has published ePublius: Anonymous Speech Rights Online at 37 Rutgers Law Record 36 (2010). Here is the abstract. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits Congress from abridging the freedom of speech, yet the text of...
FCC Petitions For Rehearing Of Second Circuit Fox "Fleeting Expletives" Ruling
Posted on August 27, 2010The FCC has decided to appeal the 2d Circuit's ruling striking down its "fleeting expletives" policy on constitutional grounds. The agency is asking the court to reconsider its ruling, either via a three judge panel or en banc. Link to...
Iran Restrains Reporting On Opposition Politicians
Posted on August 26, 2010Iran has begun prohibiting media from independently discussing and reporting on candidates who ran against re-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. More here from the New York Times.
Swedish Prosecutor Still Asking Questions About Molestation Accusation Involving Wikileaks Founder
Posted on August 26, 2010Swedish prosecutors are still investigating Wikileaks' Julian Assange concerning a molestation charge, but it is not a sex-related crime, according to this Guardian story. Last week's warrant for Mr. Assange's arrest on a rape charge was quickly withdrawn...
Singer Guilty For Not Informing Partners Of Her HIV-Positive Condition
Posted on August 26, 2010A German court has sentenced singer Nadja Benaissa to two years probation after finding her guilty of aggravated assault for failing to inform men with whom she had unprotected sex that she is HIV-positive. The singer apologized and said she...
Bloggers, Take Note--You're Businesspeople
Posted on August 25, 2010So after the FTC laid out its guidelines to bloggers, the City of Philadelphia weighs in with its blogging tax. The municipality wants $300 per blogger, on the theory that blogging is a business.
The Image of the Leopold-Loeb Trial in Popular Culture
Posted on August 25, 2010Edward Larson, Pepperdine University School of Law, has published An American Tragedy: Retelling the Leopold-Loeb Story in Popular Culture, at 50 American Journal of Legal History 119 (April 2008/2010). Here is the abstract. This Article scans the cultural history of...
Viewer Classification of Violent Images
Posted on August 25, 2010Thomas D. Barton, California Western School of Law, has published Entertainment, Art, and the Social Sorting of Violent or Cruel Images. Here is the abstract. The adverse social and psychological consequences of media violence have never been conclusively verified, but...
Banning the Press,Coach? You Might Want To Rethink That
Posted on August 24, 2010From the Chronicle of Higher Education, why bans on the press may be counterproductive for coaches.
Defamation On Facebook: Part Two
Posted on August 24, 2010Julie Hilden discusses defamation on Facebook: Part 2 of a 2 part analysis. Read part 1 here.
The Effects of Embedded Advertising
Posted on August 24, 2010Zahr Said Stauffer, University of Virginia School of Law, has published Embedded Advertising and the Venture Consumer, in volume 89 of the North Carolina Law Review (2010). Here is the abstract. Embedded advertising ?marketing that promotes brands from within entertainment...
Muslim Employee Sues Disney Over Dress Code
Posted on August 23, 2010Muslim, and new U.S. citizen Imane Boudial is suing Disney over its dress code. Ms. Boudial says the company won't let her wear the hijab at her job as a restaurant hostess at its California theme park. CNN's Don Lemon...
The Media and the Presidential Campaign of 2008: A Symposium
Posted on August 23, 2010Janai S. Nelson, Saint John's University School of Law, has published Symposium Foreword ? Making History: Race, Gender, and the Media in the 2008 Elections as St. John's Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-0188. Here is the abstract. The 2008...
Wikileaks Founder Assange Sought Over Rape, Molestation Charges In Sweden
Posted on August 21, 2010CNN reports that Swedish law enforcement has arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in absentia after it received complaints of rape and molestation. CNN did not report who made the charges; that information is apparently not forthcoming from Swedish authorities...
Charges Against Assange Dropped
Posted on August 21, 2010From CNN: The chief prosecutor has revoked an arrest warrant for Julian Assange, indicating he is "no longer wanted" for rape charges in Sweden. More here from the New York Times.
Food Network Faces Lawsuit Over New Chef Show
Posted on August 20, 2010Private Chefs, Inc. is suing the Food Network over its new show, Private Chefs of Beverly Hills. PCI says it pitched an idea for such a show back in 2002, calling it "Celebrity Dish," but FN wasn't interested. Here's a...
Tea and Sympathy? More Like Bread and Water--A View of the Dr. Laura Departure From Across the Pond
Posted on August 19, 2010The Independent reports on Dr. Laura's rapid exit from her radio show, and publishes the "N" word she used, without asterisks.
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