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Iran gains edge in diet wars as blogger loses weight in jail

donal brown September 16, 2009

According to the Iranian government, a leading cleric-blogger has attained self-improvement by slimming down in prison. Says CMLP blogger Andrew Moshirnia, this success may cause a stampede in the U.S. to emulate Iranian weight-loss practices. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Commentary September 15, 2009 By Andrew Moshirnia A little while back, I wrote about the Iranian persecution of bloggers and opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There is so much evidence of this systematic assault on liberty

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School administrators defy California law on students’ free press rights

donal brown September 16, 2009

Administrators at the Orange County High School of the Arts censored the school newspaper for reporting that the cafeteria service provider was a Christian company, but legal experts say under state law that would not be sufficient reason for suspending publication. -DB THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER September 11, 2009 By Scott Martindale SANTA ANA – Two leading authorities on the First Amendment rights of student journalists say that administrators at the Orange County High School

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UC Davis case: Judge suggests avenue to determine identity of anonymous bloggers

donal brown September 15, 2009

Although a Sacramento judge ruled substantially in favor of a blog operator who was trying to keep secret the identities of his bloggers, she also said the plaintiff in the case could hire someone to conduct a search for the identities. -DB The Sacramento Bee September 14, 2009 By Hudson Sangree Those anonymous comments you’ve been posting online might not be as anonymous as you think. Last week, a Sacramento judge opened a small window

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Tech companies can help publishers charge for online content

donal brown September 14, 2009

The big tech companies including Google and Microsoft can easily provide publishers with ways to charge readers for news online.It is more difficult to get the publishers to stop providing news for free. -DB San Francisco Chronicle September 11, 2009 By Andrew Vanacore (09-11) 04:15 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) — Some of the world’s most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to publishers on how they can charge readers for news online. IBM Corp., Microsoft

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Federal transparency: Agencies may not be able to deliver readable formats

donal brown September 14, 2009

New Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra wants government agencies to provide data in formats that the public can download, search and manipulate to analyze government actions, but some information experts think there are serious obstacles to providing that information in machine-readable formats. -DB NextGov September 11, 2009 By Aliya Sternstein E-government specialists say it is unreasonable for the White House to call on agencies to release existing government data in machine-readable formats as part

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