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Tag: Censorship

Streisand walks again

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-08-05 13:37:47. Republished by Blog Post PromoterLawyer, media critic and intrepid blogger Patterico reports all about a compelling illustration of the Streisand Effect in […]

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Fair Use

Persia purge

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Remember how assiduously copyright owners went after services that made Hollywood entertainment “family friendly” against creators’ wishes? Now do Iran.

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Digital Rights Management

The Section 230 Illusion

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Ron Coleman

My first contribution to the newly reconfigured Human Events: NEW: The Section 230 Illusion. Publisher or Platform? What if it doesn’t matter? Check out the […]

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Section 230

16 hours in Twitter purgatory

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Ron Coleman

I was locked out of Twitter because of a “glitch.” Not.

As long as it doesn’t happen to you, right? And it can’t happen to you.

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Social Media

Speaking of prior restraint!

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-08-15 17:50:12. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWe toyed a little bit with the very big idea of prior restraint in constitutional law about […]

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Free Expression

Speech and — more? — speech re Russ Feingold

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-11-05 17:11:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDon’t say they’re anything but — what’s the term? — “fair and balanced” over at Randazza’s Legal […]

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Free Expression

Best of 2007: Ideological purity

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Ron Coleman

First posted on January 24, 2007. Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, […]

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Free Expression

They killed South Park?

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ron Coleman

Discussion about censorship and moral cowardice is brewing at Dean’s World.

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Free Expression

Ideological purity

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Free Expression

Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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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 legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a commercial litigator and a partner in the Dhillon Law Group with a special interest in copyright and trademark law and free speech. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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