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Libelous online content not easy to remove

donal brown January 4, 2010

Even though a court found that online statements were false and defamatory, the targets of the statements, an Illinois couple and their daughter, were unable to get them removed as the authors refused a request to do so and the online site running the statements refused as well, saying they were not a party to the case. -DB The Daily Online Examiner Commentary December 24, 2009 By Wendy Davis Congress decided more than a decade

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Another court decision in favor of online site in defamation case

donal brown January 3, 2010

A federal appeals court has ruled that the site ConsumerAffairs.com is immune from liability for alleged libel posted on its site by third parties. -DB Online Media Daily December 30, 2009 By Wendy Davis A federal appellate court has backed gripe site ConsumerAffairs.com in a defamation lawsuit filed by a car dealers. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Communications Decency Act gives the site immunity from liability for libel based on

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Federal court upholds secrecy on surveillance records

donal brown January 2, 2010

A federal appeals court ruled that the government could refuse to confirm or deny the existence of electronic surveillance records as an exception under the Freedom of Information Act. Former Guantanamo Bay detainees had requested records of the warrantless surveillance. -DB JURIST January 01, 2010 By Christian Ehret The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] that the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice

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Two journalist groups want Supreme Court to clarify lower court ruling on publicity rights

donal brown January 1, 2010

Two organizations representing the interests of journalists have asked the Supreme Court to rule that right-of-publicity claims should not apply to photographs that are newsworthy. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press December 31, 2009 By Amanda Becker The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Society for Professional Journalists have filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Hustler magazine asking the Supreme Court to clarify that right-of-publicity claims should not apply to

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Obama administration releases September White House visitor logs

donal brown December 31, 2009

In a move that signals a change in practice from a year ago, the Obama administration released its log of White House visitors for September 16-30 along with 2,000 records from before September 16. -DB Sunlight Foundation Commentary December 30, 2009 By Daniel Schuman Today the White House released its log of White House visitors for the period of September 16-30, 2009. (Here’s today’s announcement and the data.) More than 2,000 records specifically requested from

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