Journalism – LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™

The AP, copyright, and the bloggers

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

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… […]

Emerson InSinkErator trash compactors will mangle your hand if you stick it in one of them.

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2006-10-19 13:44:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Sounds like a reasonable assertion, right? The same thing will happen if you stick your hand […]

Free Expression

Speaking of prior restraint!

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Ron Coleman

We toyed a little bit with the very big idea of prior restraint in constitutional law about a week ago. Now Clarice Feldman writes about […]

Free Expression

Reuters: Never mind.

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Ron Coleman

I am sure it was accurate, in some Ratherian sense … but it was fake, and the blogsphere did brilliantly what it does best: Caught […]

Journalism

Old media vs. new in LA federal court

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Ron Coleman

CNET News.com reports: NBC Universal and Viacom have come out against YouTube in a legal case that could help to determine whether the video-sharing site […]

Cover me

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Ron Coleman

Photo Attorney Carolyn Wright writes: Rebecca Tushnet over at the 43Blog reports on a recent case in New York where the court determined that the […]

One Bloggin’ Apple Don’t Spoil the Whole Bunch

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2005-01-12 00:00:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Bob Cox pointed me in the direction of this coverage of the Apple trade secret litigation: […]

Blogging

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

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Ron Coleman

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. […]

Just Say No

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Ron Coleman

Got a call from CBS News a few minutes ago. “You’re a constitutional lawyer, right?” “Yes,” I replied. “It is constitutional for me to practice […]

Blogging

Second class on the First Amendment

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Ron Coleman

The Administration believes bloggers can’t be trusted with free speech the way everyone else is, it seems. Reports FT.com (hat tip to Marco): Advertisers in […]

Uncategorized

The Floyd Abrams Myth

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Ron Coleman

Mickey Kaus links to this story about “the federal government’s decision to drop subpoenas issued to The New York Times and the writer of a […]

Uncategorized

More bad news for reporters seeking exemption from laws

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Ron Coleman

The AP reports: A federal judge told two San Francisco Chronicle reporters they must comply with a subpoena and tell a grand jury who leaked […]

Uncategorized

Love means …

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Ron Coleman

Jim Lindgren of the The Volokh Conspiracy writes (hat tip to Glenn Reynolds), a tad grudgingly, of a kinder, gentler left-wing Supreme Court nominee on […]

Politics

Not So Plain Dealing

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Ron Coleman

Instapundit links to this teef-gnashing item from Michael Silence about this super-secret scandal, based on leaked documents, that the Cleveland Plain Dealer would for sure […]

Journalism