Legal Commentary

Citizen Media Law Project
Formed as a cooperative project between Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Citizen Media, the Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) was established “to provide education, legal training, and resources for individuals and organizations involved in citizen media...

Judge Shuts Down Wikileaks, Then Reconsiders
David Ardia at Citizen Media Law Project gives the rundown on the fast-paced turn of events that resulted Friday in a federal judge issuing a permanent injunction shutting down Wikileaks...

Friends of the Internet Unite: Citizen Media Law Guide
This is pretty awesome. The Citizen Media Law Project has announced the launch of a new online guide for your average Joe to participate in "semiotic democracy." Here's a link to the Florida guide...

Vision Media Requests Injunction Against Blogging That Cast[s it] in a Negative Light
When it added Public Citizen?s defense of Julia Forte?s 800Notes.com to the Citizen Media Law Project database the Project took note of a bizarre motion filed by Vision Media, asking the court to prohibit any public discussion about its lawsuit,...

Chesterman on WikiLeaks
Simon Chesterman (New York University - School of Law, Singapore Programme) has posted WikiLeaks, Secrets, and Lies (Project Syndicate, December 2, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The latest information dump from WikiLeaks offers fascinating insights into the workings...

Geheimdienstbericht über Wikileaks
Wikileaks veröffentlicht einen Geheimbericht der US-Nachrichtendienste, in denen es um Wikileaks selbst geht. Das 32 Seiten starke Papier beschäftigt sich mit dem Potential des Whistleblower-Dienstes sowie mit den Gefahren, die Wikileaks-Veröffentlichungen für die USA mit sich bringen könnten...

What is Trademark Infringement, Cybersquatting, Dilution Check out Citizen Media Law Project Legal Guide
Citizen Media Law Project's Legal Guide now has a resource for trademark and cybersquatting. CMLP Launches New Legal Guide Section on Intellectual Property | Citizen Media Law Project # Trademark Infringement: Trademark infringement happens when you use a trademark owner's...

Australia Censors Wikileaks Page
Australia blacklisted a webpage on Monday from the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks that contains an index of URLs censored by Dutch authorities, a move adding to the country's debate about whether the government should mandate internet filters...

Subscribe to the Citizen Media Law Brief
Looking to catch up on the latest legal happenings in the world of online and citizen media?   Or perhaps you just need something to fill your dreary Friday afternoons?  Now is the time to subscribe to the Citizen Media Law Project's weekly newsletter, the Citizen Media Law Brief...

Legal Guide for Online Publishers
The Citizen Media Law Project?s Legal Guide has some good stuff (and here is their press release).Thanks to the Law Librarian Blog for the link.

How to Become a US Citizen
Citizenship Eligibility, Application, Exmaination

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Cowboy Hat
Lincoln County pays citizen $10,500 settlement for Constitutional Rights violations.

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

Nielsen Media Challenged
TV ratings company to pay undisclosed settlement in antitrust lawsuit.

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Wireless Entertainment
Kangaroo Media pays Immersion Entertainment $2 million patent infringement settlement.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...