More, more, Moore!
One of my favorite ever topics here on LOC has been the litigation brought by the University of Alabama against painter Daniel Moore for unauthorized... Read more
Category: Free Expression
Is there hope along the commercial speech / free speech axis?
Evan Brown reports on a case that suggest that yes, there is. Good thing, too, considering the damage one case and one determined judge can... Read more
Plugging leaks
[Here’s a blast from the past — RDC]: In the New York Times: In a move that legal experts said could present a major test... Read more
Fireworks over the First Amendment
At least I hope so. Here are two briefs I filed on behalf of four fireworks companies in New York that have been put out... Read more
Making a joke of the First Amendment
Lawyers don’t do the Constitution any favor when every trifle becomes a matter of litigation — perhaps especially in lawsuits against schools over kids’ “free... Read more
New Jersey Law Journal – Hands Off Blogs
I wrote this in the New Jersey Law Journal last week. Op-ed Hands Off Blogs Mandatory disclosure of payment to bloggers runs counter to free... Read more
Moral rights in Massachusetts
Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual Rights Act, which–well, Lee says... Read more
Google using trademark policy to shield MoveOn?
(UPDATED, revised). That’s what Bob Cox is reporting in this story in the Examiner; more here. Google said it would not run anti-MoveOn ads because... Read more
Malice aforethought
It’s me, on the Michael Malice show, talking about censorship, social media and The Slants case. Originally posted 2019-03-15 12:32:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
They killed South Park?
Discussion about censorship and moral cowardice is brewing at Dean’s World. Originally posted 2010-11-02 11:55:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Hormel canned
The evidence shows that “spam,†in addition to being petitioner’s trademark, has a well-recognized meaning as a generic term for unsolicited commercial email; the term isused by consumers, the media, Congress, state legislatures and those who sell solutions for such unwanted email. Thus, it does not have the requisite degree of distinctiveness to support a finding of dilution, at least vis-à -vis respondent’s use of the term as part of the mark SPAM ARREST for computer software designed to eliminate unsolicited commercial email. Read more
Ideological purity
Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, describing a top-level meeting that discussed... Read more
A world of difference
Thread. you grow by knowing decent, intelligent people who don’t see the world your way. https://t.co/DUoG0PVz96 — Bruce Godfrey (@BruceGodfrey) September 25, 2020 Originally posted... Read more
“All Criticism of This Website Is Hereby Forbidden”
Chutzpa! Originally posted 2014-04-24 11:15:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more