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Redondo Beach: Federal court denies day laborers right to solicit work from people in cars

donal brown June 11, 2010

Day laborers will not be able use sidewalks and medians to ask riders in passing cars for work. A federal appellate court ruled that a Redondo Beach law was constitutional because it was tailored to address safety concerns and did not restrict the laborers’ rights to solicit work in other environs. -db Contra Costa Times June 11, 2010 By Denise Nix A federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that Redondo Beach can enforce a city ordinance

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Reblogging carries legal risk

donal brown June 10, 2010

Reblogging could get you into legal problems or a big hassle. Reusing photos is almost certain to attract the notice of the photographer. -db Los Angeles Times Analysis June 9, 2010 By Mark Mili Bloggers rip, reuse and rehash text and media from the entrails of the Internet all the time, but the legality of doing so remain contentious. Legal questions aside, the major blogging platforms have come to facilitate the reproduction of content from

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Judge rules out TV for closing arguments in Prop. 8 hearing

donal brown June 10, 2010

Federal Judge Vaughn Walker denied a media request to televise arguments in the California same-sex marriage trial without providing reasons for his decision. -db San Francisco Chronicle June 10, 2010 By Bob Egelko SAN FRANCISCO — The only members of the public who will get to watch next week’s closing arguments in the trial over same-sex marriage in California will be the ones who make it to the courthouse. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker

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China reaffirms online censorship policy

donal brown June 10, 2010

While claiming to safeguard free speech, the Chinese government issued a long list of online speech it considers undesirable. -db CNET AllThingsD Commentary June 9, 2010 By John Paczkowski Though it has given no indication otherwise, China would like the world to know that it has no plans to allow free access to online content–Google’s “new approach” to the country be damned. In a lengthy white paper titled “The Internet in China,” China’s State Council

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Federal court allows New York police to keep convention surveillance records secret

donal brown June 10, 2010

The New York City Police Department won a victory as the 2nd Circuit panel ruled that it did not have to release police surveillance records gathered before the 2004 Republican National Convention. The panel found in this case that police privilege trumped the public’s right to know. -db Courthouse News Service June 9, 2010 By Nick Divito (CN) – New York City can keep secret 1,800 pages of undercover police surveillance records gathered in the

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