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California: Child welfare agencies stonewalling on children who died on their watch

donal brown March 1, 2010

The California Newspaper Publishers Association may sponsor revisions to current law requiring disclosure of children’s deaths to address the growing trend among state and county child welfare agencies to withhold information. -db California Newspaper Publishers Association February 22, 2010 There is a growing trend among the state and at least one county child welfare agency to withhold information about kids who die on their watch, despite a new law requiring this information to be provided

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Man forwarding alleged defamatory e-mail not liable

donal brown March 1, 2010

A California state appeals judge ruled that a man forwarding an e-mail about a Vietnam War veteran could not be charged with defamation. -db Courthouse News Service March 1, 2010 By Avery Fellow (CN) – A man who forwarded an allegedly defamatory email about a Vietnam War veteran can’t be held liable for defamation, a California appeals court ruled. “If you are defamed in an email, and the person who receives the email then simply

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Online free speech: Damages a possibility in Universal Musics takedown of dancing baby

donal brown March 1, 2010

A federal judge ruled that a mother could get compensation from Universal Music for forcing YouTube to remove a 29-second video of her toddler son dancing to a Prince song. -db The Recorder March 1, 2010 By Zusha Elinson Universal Music might have to pay for pulling video of a dancing baby off YouTube. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled late Thursday that Stephanie Lenz can get some limited recompense from the music label for

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Italian court deals setback to Google and internet freedom

donal brown February 26, 2010

Three Google executives were convicted of violating Italy’s privacy laws and responsible for posts by third parties, a blow to world internet freedom and particularly destructive to Italy’s participation in e-commerce. -db The New York Times February 25, 2010 By Rachel Donadio ROME — Three Google executives were convicted of violating Italian privacy laws on Wednesday, the first case to hold the company’s executives criminally responsible for the content posted on its system. The verdict,

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Prop. 8 trial could still find the airwaves

donal brown February 26, 2010

San Francisco Bay Area federal judges are again floating a plan to allow cameras in federal courtrooms just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a rare intervention, rejected a similar plan. If approved this time, it is possible that the final arguments in the Prop. 8 could be telecast. -db The San Francisco Chronicle February 26, 2010 By Bob Egelko SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a rebuff from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Bay Area’s

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