“All Criticism of This Website Is Hereby Forbidden”
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Category: Free Expression
Best of 2010: Moral rights in Massachusetts
First published April 12, 2010. Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual... 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
Baseball been very, very good to lawyers
Do you remember the lawsuit by Major League Baseball over the use of — well, not statistics, exactly, but the rights of publicity in baseball... Read more
The Parody Bomb Goes Off
When it rains, it pours. Via Andrew Sullivan (and reported here too) a report that Volkswagen is going to sue— in the UK — the... Read more
Meet the Bloggers!
Well, we used to be bloggers. Read more
Joint trademark “ownership”: Tea for two? (Best of 2016)
Originally published January 25, 2016. It’s been almost ten years ago since the March 2006 blog post, which got a bit of play as it turned... Read more
Mark their words
Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs — two websites run by friends of mine who have very clearly articulated views about Islamic radicalism, and controversial ones... Read more
Free speech? Nothing 2(c) here
In ex parte appeal to TTAB, applicant argues that Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment under Matal v. Tam https://t.co/dWF9u7k5mI #trademarks... 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
Free speech in academia
Princeton’s Professor Robert P. George explains the NATO-like idea behind the new Academic Freedom Alliance: “An Attack on One is an Attack on All” Read more
Ethics in the Media – IJE Seminar
Ethics in the Media: Fake News, Free Speech, Censorship, Libel & Slander - American Law & Talmudic Ethics Read more
Ban that man!
London’s Times: People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week.Internet... Read more
IP Rights Again Brandished to Silence Critics
The Associated Press reports: The distinctive chocolate bar on the dust jacket of a new book about the founder of The Hershey Co. violates its... Read more