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May We Have Your Autograph?

Posted on June 12, 2009
An American family has discovered its wholesome look was helping a Prague grocer sell his services. The Smiths (yes, that's their name) used a family photo (created by a third party) as their holiday card and then posted it on...

The Big Switch

Posted on June 12, 2009
As the digital switchover hits, is everybody happy? NPR reports that, well, maybe not. Some cable subscribers are noting that some of their favorite channels are missing. Meanwhile,volunteers are helping those still in the dark, both literally and figuratively speaking.

Want To Get (Or Get More) Published?

Posted on June 11, 2009
Ellen Bauerle, manager of the acquisitions department for the University of Michigan Press, has suggestions for those who want to get their manuscripts noticed by monograph publishers. She says that, in her experience, women more than men have some difficulty...

Sir Alan Sugar May Have To Choose, After All

Posted on June 10, 2009
Sir Alan Sugar is under pressure to choose between his position as host of the BBC's The Apprentice and a position in Gordon Brown's government. The BBC's director general, Mark Thompson, said in a letter to Jeremy Hunt, part of...

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The Power of Mom

Posted on June 10, 2009
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is on the defensive after remarks he made about Australian television personality Tracy Grimshaw have raised hackles in her native country. Apparently, he compared her unfavorably to a pig. Ms. Grimshaw then shot back on her...

It's Over

Posted on June 10, 2009
Screen Actors Guild members have agreed to the new contract between SAG and AMPTP, ending a months-long battle over terms. Said the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, "The ratification vote by SAG members is good news for the...

Update On the Soto Copyright Infringement Case

Posted on June 09, 2009
An update on the Pablo Soto case: he's the young man who created a P2P software program that has become the bane of the music industry. Here's an earlier post.

Newspaper, Athletic Association Battle Over Rights To Carry High School Games On Internet

Posted on June 09, 2009
The Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association are defending their right to carry high school games live on the Internet against claims by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association that it has the right to regulate such broadcasts...

Celebrity Impersonator Acquitted

Posted on June 09, 2009
Trina Johnson-Finn, a celebrity impersonator, has been acquitted by a Surinam court of attempting to defraud attendees at a concert who expected to see Toni Braxton. The judge said he wasn't sure that Ms. Johnson-Finn knew the people who paid...

Major British Legal News Reporting Service Suffering Financial Woes

Posted on June 09, 2009
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade reports that Strand News, which provides reports of the doings of the Royal Courts, needs financial assistance. According to its editor, James Brewster, it needs some cash to make it through the month. "All we need...

Chinese Government Orders New PCs To Come Equipped With Blocking Software

Posted on June 09, 2009
The People's Republic of China is requiring PC makers to install blocking software inside all hard drives beginning in 30 days. Currently the Chinese government can block access to external Internet sites; such software would give it the ability to...

BBC Settles With Plaintiff Physician; Defamation Suit Cost One Million Pounds

Posted on June 09, 2009
The BBC is settling with successful fertility doctor Mohamed Taranissi over statements made during a program broadcast in January of 2007. Dr. Taranissi sued for defamation in April of 2007, citing a "biased and irresponsible" report into his clinics...

L.A. Mayor, Reporter, Dating; Reporter Off Political Beat

Posted on June 08, 2009
Media are reporting that the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, is now dating L.A. reporter Lu Parker, a former Miss U.S.A., whose beat includes local politics. This is the second time in two years that the mayor has been...

Fixing Those Entries

Posted on June 08, 2009
The New York Times on the unseen battles behind those Wikipedia entries.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Access To Government Information

Posted on June 08, 2009
Vincent Kazmierski, Carleton University Department of Law, has published "Something to Talk About: Is There a Charter Right to Access Government Information?" in volume 31 of the Dalhousie Law Journal. Here is the abstract. Can sections 2(b) and 3 of...

What the First Amendment Protects

Posted on June 08, 2009
Steven G. Gey, Florida State University College of Law, has published "The First Amendment and the Dissemination of Socially Worthless Untruths," in volume 36 of Florida State University Law Review (2008). Here is the abstract. In contrast to other countries,...

Looking at Women Through the First Amendment

Posted on June 08, 2009
Amy M. Adler, New York University, School of Law, has published "Medusa: A Glimpse of the Woman in First Amendment Law," forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities. Here is the abstract. In this Article, I attempt...

Current TV Journalists Sentenced To Twelve Years In Prison

Posted on June 08, 2009
From CNN: A North Korean court has sentenced two U.S. journalists working for Current TV to twelve years in prison following a four day trial. CNN and other media indicate that the White House is working through many avenues to...

Slumdog Millionaire Actress Writing Life Story

Posted on June 07, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali, who's nine, is writing her autobiography. Transworld is publishing it; it's set for stores in July.

His Brilliant Careers

Posted on June 07, 2009
According to the Tories, Sir Alan Sugar, who hosts the British version of The Apprentice, should choose between his tv career and any government position in Gordon Brown's Cabinet. But any position as "Enterprise Czar," Sir Alan says, would be...

Thai Paper Publishes Photos of David Carradine's Body; Family Upset

Posted on June 07, 2009
Media reports are surfacing that actor David Carradine's family is upset that a Thai newspaper has published photographs of his body. His brother Keith has suggested that the family may sue for invasion of privacy. Mr. Keith Carradine's attorney Mark...

The WSJ Weighs In on Britain's Libel Laws

Posted on June 05, 2009
From the Wall Street Journal: commentary on the Simon Singh verdict.

Reconsidering the Regulation of Hate Speech

Posted on June 05, 2009
Alexander Tsesis, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law, has published "Dignity and Speech: The Regulation of Hate Speech in a Democracy," in volume 44 of the Wake Forest Law Review (2009). Here is the abstract. The American tradition of...

A History of the Use of Media Subpoenas

Posted on June 05, 2009
RonNell Andersen Jones, Brigham Young University Law School, has published "Media Subpoenas: Impact, Perception, and Legal Protection in the Changing World of American Journalism," in the Washington Law Review (forthcoming). Here is the abstract. Forty years ago, at a time...

Author Appeals Libel Judgment; Defends Article Criticizing Chiropractic Medicine

Posted on June 04, 2009
Simon Singh is appealling a defamation ruling against him. The co-author of Trick or Treatment, a study of pseudoscience and alternative medicine, lost a case against the British Chiropractic Association brought based on an article he had written for The...

Another Lawsuit For Sacha Baron Cohen

Posted on June 04, 2009
Richelle Olson, Executive Director of Desert Valley Charities, is suing Sacha Baron Cohen and NBC Universal over an incident which she alleges occured during the filming of his new movie "Bruno." Ms. Olson says that during one scene, she was...

Our Bad

Posted on June 03, 2009
For about a day, the U. S. Government accidentally posted online a list of civilian nuclear sites and information about the programs administered there. After inquiries from the media, the list disappeared. The government, still trying to determine how the...

Radio Host Pursuing Lawsuit Against Britain's Home Secretary

Posted on June 03, 2009
Although Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said she is stepping down, radio host Michael Savage apparently intends to pursue a libel action against her. Ms. Smith had refused to allow Mr. Savage entry into the UK because his views are...

The Legal History of Branzburg v. Hayes

Posted on June 02, 2009
Eric Easton, University of Baltimore, School of Law, is publishing "A House Divided: Earl Caldwell, the New York Times, and the Quest for a Testimonial Privilege," in the Utah Law Review. Here is the abstract. In the 1972 case of...

IP Law, Cultural Norms, and Traditional Knowledge

Posted on June 02, 2009
Stephen R. Munzer and Kal Raustiala, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, have published The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge, at 27 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 37 (2009). Here is the abstract...

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