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CBS and That Tebow Super Bowl Ad

Posted on January 25, 2010
CBS seems willing to air an anti-abortion ad during the upcoming Super Bowl, paid for by contributions from Focus on the Family and featuring quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother, even though the network has never allowed political ads during...

Texas State Board of Education Members Get Their Bill Martins Mixed Up

Posted on January 25, 2010
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, news that a member of the Texas State Board of Education asked that a book by "Bill Martin" be banned from the third grade social studies curriculum because it promulgated "very strong critiques of...

Networks, Talent Agencies, Writers Agree To Settle Long Running Suit Over Age Discrimination

Posted on January 25, 2010
The grey-listing (ageism) lawsuit against various tv studios seems to be at an end, with a court-okayed settlement. Various writers, led by Tracy Keenan Wynn, filed the suit in 2000, alleging that they were systematically prevented from competing for work...

FCC Announces Agenda For Media Ownership Workshop Jan. 27, 2010

Posted on January 22, 2010
From the FCC The Media Bureau today announced the agenda for its January 27, 2010 media ownership workshop being held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Commission meeting room. Comprised of two panels, the forum will focus on...

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Broadband Services in the Market

Posted on January 22, 2010
Thomas W. Hazlette, George Mason University School of Law and Dennis Weisman, Kansas State University Department of Economics, have published "Market Power in U.S. Broadband Services," as George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 09-69. Here is the abstract...

FCC Proposes Revisions To Telephone Consumer Protection Act Regs

Posted on January 21, 2010
Released by the FCC today: The FCC has proposed revisions to its rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to further empower residential telephone subscribers to avoid unwanted telephone solicitations. The proposals would require sellers and telemarketers to obtain...

Amazon Revamps Kindle Royalties Program

Posted on January 20, 2010
Amazon is restructuring its Kindle royalty program to make it more attractive to authors and publishers. Previously, authors received a little over $3 per title selling at $8.99; now they'll get $6.25. The new program launches in June. Read more...

Jack Straw Proposes Radical Cuts In Attorney Fees To Help Libel Law Overhaul

Posted on January 20, 2010
The British government proposes to cut libel lawyer fees 90 percent to help reforms. Read more here in a Guardian article.

Fox v. the FCC: An Editorial From the Times

Posted on January 20, 2010
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Presto! Back To Work

Posted on January 20, 2010
The New York Times on the Cleveland Orchestra strike and other classical music labor troubles.

NBC, Conan O'Brien Disagree Over Staff Severance, IP Issues

Posted on January 20, 2010
NBC and Conan O'Brien have apparently suspended their negotiations over payments to Mr. O'Brien's staff. The Tonight Show host wants more severance pay for his staff, which followed him from New York to L.A. when he took on the show....

The Beaver Bites Back

Posted on January 19, 2010
Professor Bill Kovarik writes about a takedown order from a Canadian agency aimed at a Danish website that apparently published a hoax created by the comedy troupe Yes Men. The group made fun of Canada's environmental position and Environment Canada....

Government Rights in Government Marks

Posted on January 19, 2010
Malla Pollack has published "Governmental Marks: What Souvenirs Say About Speech and Sovereignty." Here is the abstract. ?Governmental marks? are words or phrases which involve the identity of a social group that is partly defined in terms of its citizenship...

PCC On Complaint Against Daily Mirror By Member of Parliament: No Breach

Posted on January 18, 2010
The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that the Daily Mirror reported accurately on Tory Member of Parliament Daniel Hannon's remarks concerning U.S. President Obama and reaction to them. Mr. Hannon had complained about the Mirror's characterization of his statements, saying...

An Analysis of Holocaust Denial as Hate Speech

Posted on January 15, 2010
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, has published "Holocaust Denial is a Form of Hate Speech," in the Amsterdam Law Forum, 2009. Here is the abstract. Recently Facebook confirmed that it has disabled a group called "I Hate Muslims in Oz."...

The Prophet Mohammed Controversy and EU Freedom of Speech Norms

Posted on January 15, 2010
Robert A. Kahn, University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), has published "Flemming Rose, the Danish Cartoon Controversy, and the New European Freedom of Speech," as U. of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-24. Here is the...

Reargument In Fox v. FCC Case Heard January 13, 2010

Posted on January 15, 2010
Reargument in the Fox v. FCC (2nd Circuit) case ("fleeting expletives") (via CSPAN).

Prince William's Girlfriend Claims Photog Invaded Her Privacy Over Holidays

Posted on January 14, 2010
Kate Middleton is apparently pursuing a claim for invasion of privacy against a photographer who took pictures of her and her family on Christmas Day, and also against the distributors of the photos. The pictures have not as yet been...

Actor Antwon Tanner Sentenced To Three Months For SSN Scheme

Posted on January 14, 2010
"One Tree Hill" star Antwon Tanner has been sentenced to three months in prison and five months of home confinement after pleading guilty to selling Social Security numbers to an undercover officer. His attorney Gregory Watts said Mr. Tanner was...

Google Unhappy Over Chinese Situation, Threatens To Pull Out of Market

Posted on January 13, 2010
Google is threatening to pull out of the Chinese market, citing cyberattacks. Read more in a New York Times article, and hear about the dispute in a phone discussion with Jason Dean on CSPAN.

Roman Polanski In Court Over Photos; Say They Invade His Privacy

Posted on January 13, 2010
Director Roman Polanski is taking the French media to court over photographs that show him in his home under house arrest after his release from a Swiss jail. He claims the pictures invade his privacy. The papers that have printed...

Battle of the Late Night Network Stars

Posted on January 13, 2010
Conan O'Brien is indicating that he is unhappy with the proposed return of Jay Leno to NBC late night TV. Enter the lawyers?

Incitement To Genocide and the Trial of Simon Bikindi

Posted on January 13, 2010
Justin R. La Mort, Cardozo School of Law, has published "The Soundtrack to Genocide: Using Incitement to Genocide in the Bikindi Trial to Protect Free Speech and Uphold the Promise of Never Again," in volume 4 of the Interdisciplinary Journal...

Supreme Court Votes 5-4: No Cameras at Prop 8 Trial

Posted on January 13, 2010
From the Blog of Legal Times: the Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to block televising proceedings of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the Proposition 8 trial, to other courthouses. Dissenters: Breyer, Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor.

How Courts Perceive the Internet

Posted on January 12, 2010
Cameron J. Hutchison, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, has published "Interpretation & the Internet." Here is the abstract. Almost twenty years have passed since the advent of the internet. The revolutionary nature of the technology is no longer in...

Regulation of "Low-Level" Racist Speech in Commonwealth Countries

Posted on January 12, 2010
Dilan Thampapillai, Victoria University Faculty of Business and Law, has published "Cronullified: Can the Commonwealth Regulate Low Level Racist Speech?" Here is the abstract. Political commentary on race, multiculturalism and national identity can be very controversial because it often appears...

Turks, Israelis Battle Over Images of Israeli Agents in Turkish TV Series

Posted on January 12, 2010
The governments of Turkey and Israel are apparently at odds over a Turkish television series, Valley of the Wolves, which some Israeli officials are alleging puts the country, its military, and its intelligence services in a bad light. The debate...

Global Warming Researcher Says Papers Mischaracterize His Work

Posted on January 12, 2010
A climate change researcher has indicated his unhappiness with coverage and interpretation of his work in the Daily Mail. Mojib Latif says that the paper's story about his work in The Mail on Sunday mischaracterizes it; Dr. Latif says followup...

SC Grants Stay in Prop 8 Lawsuit Camera Question

Posted on January 11, 2010
The Supreme Court has just granted a temporary stay of Judge Vaughn Walker's order that Proposition 8 law suit proceedings (Perry v. Schwarzenegger) should be available outside the courtroom. The stay expires Wednesday. Ruthann Robson of Constitutional LawProf Blog provides...

An Autopsy of the Time Warner/AOL Merger

Posted on January 11, 2010
The New York Times's Tim Arango reviews why the much heralded coming together of two great companies turned not to be such a success.

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