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Posted on May 25, 2021 Journalism

They really are biased!

Just what you expect, right? Well, that’s because I want to keep you as a reader, as explained in this article by by Jack Shafer.... Read more

Posted on March 17, 2021March 26, 2021 Copyright Law Journalism

Other People’s Information Doesn’t Want to be Free

Last night Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg ruled in the Apple case that “reporters who published ‘stolen property’ weren’t entitled to protections. ” B-b-b-b-b-b-but... Read more

Posted on September 25, 2020 Journalism

Is the Internet replacing “journalism”?

Nicholas Lemann writes in The New Yorker: Reporting—meaning the tradition by which a member of a distinct occupational category gets to cross the usual bounds... Read more

Posted on June 12, 2020 Journalism

Believe Me Not

Hugh Hewitt asks, “Why are we supposed to believe the Times about stories to which they are not a party when the paper so boldly... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2019 Journalism

We’re All Journalists Now

That’s what all we journalists have been saying. Scott Gant now lays it out in a new book by the same name. Originally posted 2013-09-28... Read more

Posted on January 15, 2018 Journalism

The Blogola "Scandal"

Last week (on January 13, 2005) Instapundit took the unusual step of opening comments on the ethics of Blog-payola. I wrote this: I am pretty agnostic... Read more

Posted on December 28, 2017 Journalism

Holding Their Ink-Stained Breath Till They Turn Blue

Update on the the Tulsa World silliness: Michael Bates reports, citing to the blog Tulsa Topics, that the World has wisely decided that it will... Read more

Posted on September 25, 2017October 15, 2017 Journalism

Times Op-Ed Columnists Have More Fun

One of our most excellent blog-related adventures was our involvement with Bob Cox of The National Debate and his wacky IP-abusive go-round with the New... Read more

Posted on November 4, 2016 Journalism

The royal Fifth Estate

Glenn Reynolds: [Former New York Times ombudsman Bill] Keller writes: “It’s an unusual and powerful thing, this freedom that our founders gave to the press.... Read more

Posted on September 9, 2016 Journalism

Talking a leak

Want to know the difference between a leaker and whistle-blower? Johnny Dollar posits the distinction. Originally posted 2013-11-03 23:05:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on November 27, 2015July 24, 2020 Journalism

Floyd Abrams loses another one: No privilege for reporters’ phone records

We’ve never been big fans of the “press shield,” and I say that because I like the First Amendment. I just wish Floyd Abrams would... Read more

Posted on November 10, 2015 Journalism

Exactly Wrong on Free Speech for New Media

Via the permalink-less Kausfiles, a link to excerpts from (and suckup commentary about) remarks by CNN suit Jonathan Klein espousing the self-parodic, anti-democratic, anti-free-speech, and,... Read more

Posted on August 18, 2014December 28, 2014 Journalism

Whither The Unwritten MSM Constitution?

Glenn Reynolds writes: THE NEW YORK TIMES’ PUBLIC EDITOR, Byron Calame, criticizes the Times’ handling of the NSA story. Jeff Jarvis calls Calame’s column “almost... Read more

Posted on July 22, 2014December 28, 2014 Journalism

DC Circuit: Press Not Shielded

Another red hot AP story: The Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that Time magazine’s Matthew Cooper and The New York... Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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