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The Looming Presence of Product Placement

Posted on June 16, 2008
Ravi Somaiya of the Guardian discusses the increasing importance of product placement on American tv; Charlie Brooker suggests that the British media should really exploit it (well, he's not really serious--or is he?)

New Canadian Copyright Legislation Introduced

Posted on June 14, 2008
The Canadian government has introduced new copyright legislation intended to protect artists' rights and address the abilities of new technologies to circumvent traditional copyright protections. Some artists' group hail the new bill but some are doubtful it's the way to...

R. Kelly Acquitted

Posted on June 13, 2008
The jury in R. Kelly's child porn case has acquitted him on all counts. Read more here.

Legendary Newsman Tim Russert Dies

Posted on June 13, 2008
NBC has announced that longtime Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert has died suddenly. Here's coverage from MSNBC.com. Mr. Russert, a Buffalo native, was a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law graduate and a veteran political affairs journalist.

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Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition

Posted on June 13, 2008
The Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition takes place next March. Here's a link to the website.

Double Fault! Pro Tennis Player Says Papers Give False Impression of His Accomplishments, Sues For Libel

Posted on June 12, 2008
British tennis player Robert Dee, 21, is suing the Daily Mail, the London Evening Standard and the Independent for saying he's a bad tennis player. In fact, they've said he's "the world's worst professional tennis player" for losing 54 matches...

Pro Tennis Player Says Papers Give False Impression of His Accomplishments, Sues For Libel

Posted on June 12, 2008
British tennis player Robert Dee, 21, is suing the Daily Mail, the London Evening Standard and the Independent for saying he's a bad tennis player. In fact, he's suing several papers, including those, for saying he's "the world's worst professional...

Publicist Sues Talk Show Host

Posted on June 12, 2008
Publicist Nicole Spence has filed a harassment suit against radio host Wendy Williams, her husband Kevin Hunter, and her employer Inner City Broadcast, alleging that Mr. Hunter "dominated [Ms. Williams's] workplace, physically abused her and repeatedly propositioned" Ms...

New Russian President Pledges To Guarantee Human Rights, Including Press Freedom

Posted on June 12, 2008
Russia's new president, Dmitri Medvedev, says he will promote various freedoms, including freedom of the press, at a world media congress. Read more here.

Free Speech For the Press, Comparatively

Posted on June 12, 2008
An article in today's New York Times discusses the debate over an article in Maclean's over Islamic values that caused controversy in Canada. Should such writing be protected under section 2(b) of the Charter and of comparable provincial documents? Here's...

Ofcom Checks Out Use of Term Used During ITV Broadcast

Posted on June 11, 2008
Ofcom is investigating whether a journalist's use of the word "pikey"--slang for "gypsy"--violated the agency's broadcast code. Martin Brundle used the term while doing an interview with Bernie Ecclestone on ITV before the Canadian Grand Prix on June 8, and...

Justice, Vermont AG Sue To Block Verizon Merger With Smaller Carrier

Posted on June 11, 2008
The Department of Justice and the state of Vermont have sued to prevent Verizon and Rural Cellular Communications from completing a merger. Here's a link to the complaint (courtesy of the Legal Times blog).

Tim Wu On Tolerated Use

Posted on June 11, 2008
Tim Wu, Columbia University Law School, has published "Tolerated Use," as Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 333. Here is the abstract. Tolerated use is a term that refers to the contemporary spread of technically infringing, but nonetheless tolerated...

A Theory of Harm For Copyright Law

Posted on June 11, 2008
Christina Bohannan, University of Iowa, College of Law, has published "Copyright Harm, Foreseeability, and Fair Use," in volume 85 of Washington University Law Review (2007). Here is the abstract. Copyright law needs a theory of harm that can give effect...

ASA Cannot Digest Nestle's Cereal Ad

Posted on June 11, 2008
The Advertising Standards Authority has told Nestle it cannot continue to run the ads for its whole grain cereals in their present form. The agency said the ads are misleading. Read more here, and here in the ASA's ruling. Here's...

A New Book On Photojournalist Weegee

Posted on June 11, 2008
In Weegee and Naked City (University of California Press, 2008), art historians Anthony W. Lee and Richard Meyer offer a new look at photojournalist Arthur Fellig, who documented so much of New York city life including crime scenes for the...

Blue Man Group v. N.L.R.B.

Posted on June 10, 2008
Not exactly a media case, but of some crossover interest. In Blue Man Vegas v. N.L.R.B., the DC Circuit has upheld the agency's ruling regarding which bargaining units are appropriate. [To my horror, I discovered that this opinion includes Venn...

NY AG, Internet Providers Join Forces To Fight Access To Child Pornography Online

Posted on June 10, 2008
In the New York Times today: news that Time Warner Cable, Verizon, and Spring have come to an agreement with New York AG Andrew Cuomo to prohibit access to Internet sites that make child pornography available. The three Internet providers...

Yemeni Newspaper Editor Sentenced To Six Years For Participating In Rebellion Against Government

Posted on June 10, 2008
A Yemeni court has sentenced a journalist to six years in prison for participating in rebellion against the government. Abdel Karim al-Khaywani, editor of the newspaper al-Shura, was found guilty of "carrying images of the fighting in Saada and statements...

California Appellate Court Reverses Injunction As Prior Restraint in Divorce Case, Remands For Further Hearing

Posted on June 10, 2008
A California court of appeal has held that a preliminary injunction prohibiting a wife from publishing statements about her estranged husband on the Internet was "overbroad and constituted an invalid prior restraint prior to trial" and has "reversed the order...

Police Request Investigation Into Whether Australian Photographer's Work Is Obscene

Posted on June 09, 2008
Police have dropped an obscenity investigation into an Australian photographer's art pix of nude teens. Bill Henson's photos were due to be exhibited at a gallery in Sydney in May, but some of them found their way to Australia's Classification...

AFTRA Members Get Ready To Vote On New Contract

Posted on June 09, 2008
AFTRA and the movie studios seem to be on their way toward wrapping up a deal before their current contract expires at the end of this month. Members need to vote on the agreement, which includes a provision dealing with...

British Journalist Involved in Supplying Alcohol To Minors

Posted on June 09, 2008
The Guardian reports that police have cautioned an unnamed journalist for giving underaged persons alcohol while that person was working on a story about underage drinking back in February for the South West News Service. Some of the minors were...

Basque Rebel Group Blamed For Bombing At Newspaper Building

Posted on June 08, 2008
The Basque separatist group ETA is suspected of involvement in an explosion that rocked the building when the Spanish newspaper El Correo is produced. No one was reported hurt in the bombing.

U of Washington Report Concludes Innocent Internet Users Can Be Easily Accused of Copyright Infringement

Posted on June 06, 2008
A University of Washington, Department of Computer Science & Engineering report concludes that non-infringing users can easily receive takedown notices from rights holders. "Practically any Internet user can be framed for copyright infringement today...

Rocky 2008

Posted on June 06, 2008
The City of Los Angeles is doing what viewers might like to do--it's suing the cable company over "shoddy" practices and misleading advertising dating back years, over techs who didn't show up on time to fix cable problems, and over...

FCC Chair Hopes To Introduce Plan For Free Wireless Broadband Later This Summer

Posted on June 06, 2008
FCC Chair Kevin Martin says his plan to provide free wireless service won't be presented at this month's FCC meeting, but he isn't abandoning it, and he hopes to bring it up later this summer. Read more here.

Former Members of Band "Busted" Lose Royalty Fight; May Appeal

Posted on June 06, 2008
Two members of the rock band Busted have lost their legal fight over royalties. The pair had sued other members of the group, claiming they had been cheated of payments over songs they had written while with the band. The...

Publisher Sues Victoria Gotti Over Terminated Contract, Advance

Posted on June 06, 2008
HarperCollins is suing Victoria Gotti for the return of a $70,000 book advance because she has never delivered the manuscript and has terminated the contract. Ms. Gotti signed the contract with former HarperCollins exec Judith Regan, who left the company...

Red Light, Green Light

Posted on June 05, 2008
The EU is examining whether to regulate advertising more carefully--specifically, automobile advertisements. Read more here.

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