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Courts give photographers scant protection in shooting accident scenes

donal brown August 31, 2010

Journalists should not assume they are free to take photos at accident scenes on public roads as indicated by a recent federal court ruling on a case in Guam. -db First Amendment Center August 30, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. If you travel to Guam, don’t take pictures of the police on public streets. Don’t assume that there is a First Amendment right to photography. That appears to be one lesson from a recent

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Editorial: Federal appeals court slights First Amendment in protecting president

donal brown August 31, 2010

The Los Angeles Times says in an editorial that the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals failed to consider whether the event was open to the public or a private political event in ruling that a couple with a political message on a bumper sticker could be excluded from a George W. Bush town hall meeting. -db Los Angeles Times Editorial August 31, 2010 A ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals implies that the

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Gawker opens site to probe WikiLeaks

donal brown August 31, 2010

Citing Wikileaks secretive mode of operation, Gawker announced a new website, Wikileakileaks.org, to provide the public details of the organization’s operation. -db ValleyWag Commentary August 31, 2010 Secret-sharing website Wikileaks.org’s tagline is “We open governments.” But the organization itself is about as open as North Korea. That’s why we’ve launched Wikileakileaks.org: your source for Wikileaks-related secrets, documents and rumors! Wikileaks has many secrets, and it works hard to keep them: its funding, structure and sources

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Free speech: Federal court rules ex- police chef’s rights violated

donal brown August 31, 2010

The 10th Circuit Appeals Court ruled that the city manager in Laramie, Wyoming violated a police chief’s free speech rights since her motivation in firing him was to punish him for filing a defamation lawsuit. -db Courthouse News Service August 30, 2010 By Nick McCann (CN) – The city manager in Laramie, Wyo., violated a police chief’s free speech rights when she fired him for filing a defamation lawsuit, the 10th Circuit ruled. Former Laramie

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Copyright enforcement concern signs up second newspaper chain

donal brown August 31, 2010

Righthaven, a company that sues bloggers who repost news content without prermission, has expanded its operation to a second newspaper chain, the Arkansas-based WEHCO Media. -db Wired August 30, 2010 By David Kravets A Las Vegas company established to sue bloggers who clip news content is expanding its operations to a second newspaper chain. Righthaven LLC has struck a deal with Arkansas-based WEHCO Media to expand its copyright litigation campaign, in which bloggers and aggregators

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