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
Tag: Free Expression
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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