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New York Court Allows Model To Proceed Anonymously Against Firm, Production Company For Using Her Likeness in Advertising Without Permission

Posted on July 29, 2008
A New York trial court ruled that a model may proceed in her suit against a jewelry maker and a production company which used her performance without permission in an edited video. "Plaintiff, a 37 year-old woman, has worked as...

Whatever Happened To That Federal Reporter's Shield Law?

Posted on July 29, 2008
Jurist reports that the push is on to influence the Senate to pass a reporter's shield bill before it adjourns. The House passed its version last October; since then, things seem to have stalled. The Bush White House is against...

Sunday Mirror Pays Damages To Kerry Katona Over Story

Posted on July 29, 2008
The Sunday Mirror is paying damages to former pop singer and tv presenter Kerry Katona over a story it published alleging that her mother Sue was about to allege that Kerry had been a prostitute. The story, which appeared last...

Shia Muslims Object To Recent Channel 4 Documentary

Posted on July 29, 2008
Channel 4 is drawing fire from Shia Muslim scholars, who believe that its presentation of their beliefs during its recent documentary was inaccurate. They plan to lodge a complaint with Ofcom if the network does not present what they consider...

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Mars "Snickers" Ad Pulled; Called Anti-Gay

Posted on July 28, 2008
Yet another Mars candy advertisement, this one featuring Mr. T, has been pulled from the airwaves after viewers and lobbyists called it anti-gay. The ad, for Snickers candy bars, shows the tough guy telling a race walker that he is...

No More Stabbing in "Superpoke"

Posted on July 28, 2008
The Guardian reports that stabbing is no longer an option in the "Superpoke" application within Facebook. Users and anti-violence advocates had complained about the new option, and an uncle of "Harry Potter" actor Rob Knox, who died of a knife...

Lens Fight At the Jolie-Pitt Corral

Posted on July 26, 2008
Security guards and the papparazzi fought it out at the Jolie/Pitt place. According to the gendarmes, some papparazzi who managed to get themselves onto the couple's property, apparently wanting photos of the new babies, got caught and had it out...

FCC Approves XM and Sirius Merger

Posted on July 26, 2008
FCC Commissioner Deborah Tate has voted in favor of the XM Satellite/Sirius merger, after the companies agreed to settle nearly $20 million in fines for violating FCC rules and provide an "open radio" standard. Read more in an AP story...

Max Mosley Suing Das Bild

Posted on July 25, 2008
Fresh from his win over News of the World, Max Mosley is now suing the German newspaper Das Bild over its coverage of his SM interactions with prostitutes. Read more here.

The Art of the Unraveling of the Deal

Posted on July 25, 2008
A CNN story describes how endorsement deals die, sometimes with loud bangs, and sometimes with whimpers, here.

Eddie Davidson, "Spam King", Found Dead

Posted on July 25, 2008
Eddie Davidson, the "spam king" who escaped from a minimum security facility in Colorado, has been found dead with his wife and child in a vehicle, apparently in a murder-suicide. Another child was found unhurt in the back of the...

UK ISPs Say They Won't Share Private User Info With Government While Policing Illegal Downloading

Posted on July 25, 2008
The Guardian reports that the major ISPs operating in the UK have agreed they will not be part of any attempt to gather personal information while increasing pressure on users not to download illegally. Concerns had been raised that such...

"Friends" Dispute, Facebook Style, Leads To Liability and Damages

Posted on July 25, 2008
Two friends have a fight. Not uncommon. But one of the ex-friends decides on revenge, and he carries it out by creating a fake profile on Facebook and posting "confidential details" about the other individual. It happened to businessman Mathew...

The Max Mosley Case: Reflections

Posted on July 25, 2008
More on the Max Mosley case: Janine Gibson of the Guardian here says "privacy is the new libel", Dan Tench evaluates the last ten years of privacy law here, the Guardian gives an overview of the case here, and offers...

Judge Orders Craigslist To Turn Over Name of Oscar Ticket Seller

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) now knows who posted an ad on Craigslist offers tickets to this year's event. A state judge told the popular website it had to disclose who offered the goods for sale....

New Group Challenges SAG Leadership

Posted on July 24, 2008
Thirty one actors in Hollywood, including Amy Brenneman ("Private Practice", "Judging Amy") and Ned Vaughn ("Navy NCIS") have emerged as challengers to the Screen Actors Guild leadership and propose, under the name "Unite for Strength" to move the union off...

Hilden On Defamation and the Internet

Posted on July 24, 2008
FindLaw's Julie Hilden discusses how, in terms of defamation, the defendant-friendly Internet encourages the independent contractor model, and why Big Media might want to move toward it more vigorously--to cut down on economic losses and to minimize liability.

Much Grand Jury Testimony In Rosenberg Case Unsealed; Greenglass Testimony Still Secret

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Second Circuit has ordered the federal government to release much of the grand jury testimony in the treason trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, sealed since 1951. The George Washington University National Security Archive had initiated the action...

More On Product Placement

Posted on July 24, 2008
Another piece on product placement in US TV...

Newsquest No Longer Accepting Ads For "Adult Services"

Posted on July 24, 2008
Newsquest Media Group, one of the UK's biggest media companies, is no longer accepting ads for "adult services", in an effort to address sex trafficking. The decision is being hailed as a great step forward. Read more here.

Next Up: Sienna Miller's Invasion of Privacy Suit

Posted on July 24, 2008
Now, on to the next invasion of privacy suit--why, it's Sienna Miller's, and she's suing News of the World, the Sun, and a photo agency over pix and stories that have appeared about her and actor Balthazar Getty recently. Read...

Mosley Wins Lawsuit, No Punitives in Invasion of Privacy Suit Against News of the World

Posted on July 24, 2008
Max Mosley has won his invasion of privacy suit against News of the World, Mr. Justice Eady finding no newsworthiness in the paper's coverage of the sex acts that it revealed. "...[T]here was no public interest or other justification for...

"Best Practices" For Online Video From a Chronicle Interview

Posted on July 22, 2008
Here's what Pat Aufderheide, head of the Center for Social Media at American University, says about fair use rules for using video clips in the nonprofit and academic setting.

Former Co-Anchor Charged In Alycia Lane Case

Posted on July 22, 2008
The ABA Journal's Martha Neil reports that a former coworker of Alycia Lane's apparently burrowed into her emails and also into her communications with her attorney, and as a result is being charged with a federal crime. Larry Mendte was...

Julie Hilden on Gary Condit's Defamation Lawsuit Against Dominick Dunne

Posted on July 22, 2008
FindLaw's Julie Hilden discusses the dismissal of former Congressman Gary Condit's defamation lawsuit against Dominick Dunne. Mr. Dunne had made what Mr. Condit considered offensive and slanderous remarks about him on "Larry King Live" in 2005.

More On That Channel 4 Global Warming Documentary

Posted on July 22, 2008
Here's background and reaction to the Ofcom ruling on Channel 4's documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle. Here's George Monbiot's commentary.

Ofcom Rules Channel 4 Global Warming Documentary in Breach

Posted on July 21, 2008
The BBC reports that Ofcom has told Channel 4 that its documentary the Great Global Warming Swindle violated Ofcom rules but did not "cause harm or offence." The documentary's makers argue that global warming is not caused primarily by the...

Third Circuit: FCC Acted "Capriciously" in Wardrobe Malfunction Case

Posted on July 21, 2008
The Third Circuit has found in favor of CBS in the infamous Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" case, marking the second time in a little over a year that a federal appeals court has told the Federal Communications Commission that although...

DIY? Sometimes, NSM (Not So Much)

Posted on July 20, 2008
In today's New York Times, William Grimes comments on the often fantastic (and sometimes fantasy) world of reality TV makeover shows. Thank you. Incidentally, what happens when the renovations go south? Lawsuits--read more here and here.

Commissioner Adelstein's Modest Proposal

Posted on July 18, 2008
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein suggests a way that XM Satellite and Sirius Radio could get an okay from him, and thus perhaps garner his vote--cap charges and be a little more consumer-sensitive in other ways. For example, he'd like to...

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