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Bloggers not protected in shield law under consideration in Senate

donal brown September 21, 2009

An amendment to a federal shield bill for journalists ostensibly excludes bloggers and internet journalists. Under the bill now being hammered out in the Senate, to enjoy protection, a reporter may have to be employed by a recognized news organization. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press September 18, 2009 By Christina Abello An amendment to the bipartisan Senate bill that would create a federal shield law for journalists will likely exclude many bloggers

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Music industry enlisting school children in its campaign on copyright law

donal brown September 17, 2009

The efforts of the Recording Industry of American (RIAA) to indoctrinate school children to educate their peers about copyright law has raised hackles at the Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF). The EFF says the RIAA curriculum is full of falsehoods and omissions and fails to educate children about their digital rights. -DB Electronic Frontier Foundation Editorial September 17, 2009 By Tim Jones Last week, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced an update to Music-Rules!, its

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First Amendment Coalition joins forces to write stiffer rule for access to court records

FAC September 17, 2009

The First Amendment Coalition along with the California Newspaper Publishers Association and Californians Aware have submitted written comments on a draft of a Rule of Court to grant the public access to administrative court records. -DB CNPA Legislative Bulletin September 16, 2009 CNPA, the First Amendment Coalition and Californians Aware all lodged informal written comments last week on an initial draft of a Rule of Court that would give the public a right of access

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California case: Middle way may create burdens for those trying to unmask anonymous commenters

donal brown September 17, 2009

The Assistant Director of the Citizen Media Law Project writes that it’s difficult to decide whether a judge’s creative solution in a case involving anonymous commenters is praiseworthy and likens the ruling to Solomon’s “splitting the baby.” -DB Citizen Media Law Project Analysis September 16, 2009 By Sam Bayard It’s amazing how many times you can hear a phrase without really understanding it. Take “splitting the baby” for instance. Excuse my ignorance, but I’d always

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Federal court orders Guantanamo hearing closed to public

donal brown September 17, 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals decided they don’t want the public to hear the oral arguments in a Guantanamo detainee case crucial to determining if habeus corpus applies to those held in detention as “enemy combatants.” -DB The Blog of Legal Times September 15, 2009 By Mike Scarcella Everybody out: a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled unanimously this week to close oral argument to the public in a

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