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More On the Society of Editors Conference Coverage

Posted on November 11, 2008
Here's a link to more Society of Editors Conference coverage.

British Armed Forces Head Tells Society of Editors He Supports Media Self Regulation

Posted on November 11, 2008
In response to an extended debate over media regulation, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup told the Society of Editors conference that he supports press self-regulation rather than regulation by the government, and he pointed to the recent voluntary media...

Real "Obama Girls" May Appear On "Hannah Montana"

Posted on November 11, 2008
Do the Obama girls have their father's "rock star" potential? Billy Ray Cyrus has indicated they've certainly got an open invitation to appear on an episode of his daughter's Hannah Montana series (warning: link is highly musical). Now it's presumbly...

ABA Forum on Communications Law Offering Students Stipends To Attend Forum's Annual Conference

Posted on November 11, 2008
From the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law Law Students, Each year, the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law awards two or three full-ride scholarships to law students to the Forum Annual Conference. Hotel lodging, airfare and ground...

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Lori Drew Jury Might Not Hear Circumstances of Teen's Death

Posted on November 10, 2008
The jury in the Lori Drew trial may not hear evidence about the suicide of Megan Meier. Judge George Wu said he thought evidence concerning the suicide was prejudicial and he is leaning toward excluding it. Ms. Drew is on...

Prosecutors Want Gag Order in Anthony Case

Posted on November 10, 2008
Prosecutors would like to gag some members of law enforcement, lawyers, and members of the family involved in the Casey Anthony case from speaking to the press. Ms. Anthony is charged in the death of her young daughter Caylee, who...

Russell Brand's Interview With the Observer: We Left Out "More Personal Stuff"

Posted on November 10, 2008
In an interview with the magazine The Observer, Russell Brand says that the producer of his show eliminated the "more personal stuff" in the phone calls that he and co-host Jonathan Ross made to actor Andrew Sachs before the segment...

Daily Mail Editor Criticizes Judge For Recent Privacy Decisions

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Guardian reports that Daily Mail editor in chief Paul Dacre has criticized both the BBC and Mr. Justice Eady, a prominent trial court judge, in his speech before the Society of Editors conference. Mr. Dacre found fault with the...

Burmese Court Sentences Blogger To Twenty Years; Sentences Poet to Two Years

Posted on November 10, 2008
A court in Myanmar sentenced a blogger to fifteen years in prison for violating the Electronics Law, and an additional 5 years for violating other laws including the Video Act. The blogger, Nay Phone Latt, was alone in court since...

Malaysian Blogger Freed

Posted on November 09, 2008
A Malaysian judge has ordered that a blogger arrested September 12 be freed. Raja Petra Kamarudin was arrested under the Internal Security Act for anti-Islamic comments made on his site. He still must face a sedition charge.

Student Press Law Center Publishes Updated Text: Law of the Student Press

Posted on November 07, 2008
PRESS RELEASE: New Text Provides Legal Resource on Student Journalism Law of the Student Press Addresses 21st Century Media Issues � 2008 Student Press Law Center November 7, 2008 Contact: Beverly Keneagy 904-626-0017 In preparation for its 35-year anniversary celebration,...

BBC Fends Off Yet Criticism Of Yet Another On-Air Personality After He Makes Offensive Comment

Posted on November 07, 2008
Just as the BBC was recovering (slightly) from the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross horror show, Jeremy Clarkson let loose on last Sunday's episode of Top Gear with a joke about truck drivers murdering sex workers. The BBC defended airing the quip...

FCC v. Fox Transcript Before Supreme Court Available

Posted on November 07, 2008
Here's a link to the transcript of oral argument in FCC v. Fox, on appeal from the 2nd Circuit, argued Tuesday. Among the interesting questions posed from the bench: From Justice Ginsburg, One of the problems is that, seeing it...

Craigslist, States' AGs Agree On Treatment Of "Erotic Services" Ads

Posted on November 07, 2008
Forty states' attorneys general and the popular online site Craigslist have come to an agreement concerning those "erotic services" ads that have been proliferating, and gaining attention, since last year. Craigslist will now require such advertisers to verify their identities...

Revenge on the Barkarazzi

Posted on November 07, 2008
Poor Barney Bush. First, his favorite party animals lose on Tuesday. Then he can't even take a quiet walk outside, one of his few remaining as Top Dog, without being bothered by reporters. But, Barney. Dude. Chill. Meditate on the...

Supreme Court of Florida Refuses To Recognize Tort of False Light

Posted on November 06, 2008
The Supreme Court of Florida has refused to recognize the tort of false light but has recognized defamation by implication, in the case of Jews for Jesus v. Rapp. Because we conclude that false light is largely duplicative of existing...

Turkey Upset Over ITV Documentary About Conditions In Orphanages

Posted on November 06, 2008
Turkey may make its anger known to the British government over an ITV documentary on conditions in some state-run Turkish orphanages. Sarah Ferguson, former wife of the Duke of York, participated in a visit to the orphanages, but did not...

Chinese Journalist Sues Government Over Newspaper Shutdown

Posted on November 06, 2008
China Business Post reporter Cui Fan has sued the Chinese government for closing down the paper, alleging Beijing does not have the authority to do so. She is asking for the paper's reinstatement as a going concern, damages, and an...

George Orwell's Language

Posted on November 06, 2008
From the current issue of Newsweek, an interesting discussion of George Orwell's use of and sensitivity to language. The man who coined the word "doublethink" still has much to say to us today.

More On the CSI Effect

Posted on November 05, 2008
Donald E. Shelton, Eastern Michigan University, has published "The 'CSI Effect': Does it Really Exist?" in volume 259 of the National Institute of Justice Journal (2008). Here is the abstract. Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television...

Media Coverage of the Israeli Supreme Court

Posted on November 05, 2008
Bryna Bogoch, Bar Ilan University Interdisciplinary Department of Social Studies, and Yifat Holzman-Gazit, Stanford Law School, have published "Mutual Bonds: Media Frames and the Israeli High Court of Justice," in 33 Law & Social Inquiry 53-88 (2008)...

FCC Adopts Rules For Use of Television White Spaces

Posted on November 05, 2008
FCC ADOPTS RULES FOR UNLICENSED USE OF TELEVISION WHITE SPACES In its continuing efforts to promote efficient use of spectrum and to extend the benefits of such use to the public, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted a Second...

NBC Welcomes Law & Order Back, With Thanks

Posted on November 05, 2008
Mike Hale writes here about the return of Dick Wolf's iconic series Law & Order to a place at the table (and sweeps week) to help NBC out of the ratings basement.

National Union of Journalists Will Poll Members on Possible Strike Against ITV

Posted on November 05, 2008
The National Union of Journalists has indicated it plans to survey members concerning a possible strike because ITV management, NUJ says, is not cooperating in formal negotiations over handling job cutbacks. The union says it had offered to go to...

For Your Edification, the Day After the Election

Posted on November 05, 2008
If you're inclined to dip into some serious reading today, Patrick O'Donnell offers a bibliography on constitutionalism (books only) here but some additional resources are here, via Ratio Juris (the blog, not the journal).

Recording Artists As Employees and the Protection of Their Creative Output

Posted on November 04, 2008
Matt Stahl has published "Recording Artists, Work for Hire, Employment, and Appropriation." Here is the abstract. Authorship and ownership exist in a curious relation in U.S. copyright law. In theory and common sense, authorship underwrites and is the condition of...

Daily Mail Agrees To Apologize, Pay Damages To Soccer Star Over Story

Posted on November 04, 2008
Days before a trial was to begin, the Daily Mail will pay Italian soccer player Marco Materazzi "substantial" damages for printing stories that he made racial comments to French rival Zinedine Zidane that made him so angry during a game...

An Interview As Film

Posted on November 04, 2008
The New York Times reviews the Frost/Nixon interview/play/film.

High Court Hears Oral Argument in Fox v. FCC

Posted on November 04, 2008
NPR's Nina Totenberg previews the other big event today: oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the "fleeting expletives" case.

MySpace, MTV Hash Out Agreement On Clips, Ads

Posted on November 03, 2008
The AP reports that MySpace, Auditude, and MTV have come to an agreement that will allow copyrighted video clips to stay up on MySpace in exchange for advertising that will generate a royalty stream payable to the copyright owners. Read...

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