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Tag: Free Expression

Posted on August 11, 2023 Copyright Law

Mourning Sonny

Posted on November 17th, 2008: No, not that Sonny. No, rather this: If America’s most famous variety-show-star-turned-congressman hadn’t slammed into that tree on that fatal... Read more

Posted on August 8, 2023 Copyright Law

The AP, copyright, and the bloggers

You can’t have missed the story, in all its agony. One weensy problem with the blogosphere: It’s so quick, so supple, so instantaneous, so plastic…... Read more

Posted on August 3, 2023 Free Expression Internet Law

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

Posted on July 1, 2023July 17, 2023 Internet Law

“What could they be thinking” Department

Reuters reports: India has banned access to 17 Internet Web sites and blogs it says preach messages of religious hatred, an official said on Wednesday.... Read more

Posted on June 21, 2023July 12, 2023 Blogging

Online “Freedom of Speech Carveout” Bill and the Blog Privilege

Instapundit points to RedState.org, which reports on the “Online Freedom of Speech Act” that was introduced in the House: Today in the House of Representatives,... Read more

Posted on June 13, 2023July 12, 2023 Copyright Law

Unsettling settlement

Two years ago I expressed my own criticism, and later rounded up a number of other views, of the case brought by J.D. Salinger against a... Read more

Posted on June 12, 2023July 12, 2023 Blogging Free Expression

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

Posted on May 19, 2023 Uncategorized

“Scandal” at the TTAB

You’d hardly think it possible any more. Frankly our sensibilities are too delicate to blog on this story, but that’s why there’s always the the... Read more

Laundry Hung Out to Dry
Posted on January 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Free Expression

Dirty laundry

Using the names of fallen soldiers on t-shirts to make a political statement is in poor taste, but should it be — as is evidently... Read more

Posted on December 20, 2022 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

SUPER HERO® my foot

UPDATE: Our NPR interview on this topic was on NPR’s “All Things Considered” just before 6 tonight. We blogged on this topic last week. Today... Read more

Posted on December 13, 2022 Stealing the Language

Gripes of wrath

If you’ve seen one disgruntled-former-law-associate attack gripe site, you’ve seen them all.  But I did like this point by gold-plated pariah Edward Harrington Heyburn, Esq. (corrected).  Because... Read more

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Posted on November 16, 2022 Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on September 19, 2022 DMCA

YouTube, other websites and the DMCA

Lee Gesmer at MassLawBlog explains why the hullaballoo about YouTube’s exposure to copyright liability is overstated. I agree with his analysis and have lots of... Read more

Posted on July 22, 2022July 24, 2022 Journalism

Bloggers, Journalists, Reporting and Privilege

The New York State Bar Association’s Bright Ideas journal (Vol. 22, No. 2) 17 (Fall 2013) has just published my essay about shield laws entitled, Bloggers, Journalists,... Read more

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