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Can A Public Record Be Copyrighted?

[…] disappointment in a vote, a call to meet and "improve their working relationship" or else "it’s going to be a long two years. I filed a request for the voicemail with and it was provided to me via a public records request. I contacted the consultant about the voice message and he has threatened […]

April 4, 2018
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Government Secrecy Must Not Be the Legacy of Mass Shooting

[…] moments. But in the case of the massacre at the Borderline Bar & Grill in the Ventura County city of Thousand Oaks,thoserecords have remained secret. The reason for the secrecy is unacceptable. A judge blocked their release based on the prospect of a future law change. That threatens the integrity of the California Public Records Act. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
October 6, 2021
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Access to Incident Records

June 14, 2009
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Should Honking Your Horn to Support a Protest Be Illegal? We Want the Supreme Court to Decide.

Joe Biden speaks at a car rally. Photo: Biden for President
- Free Expression
December 14, 2023
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First Amendment Protest Rights

Do ‘disturbing the peace’ laws trump the First Amendment?

Two of about a dozen protesters were arrested for 415 section 2, 'disturbing the peace', while peacefully protesting.The incident occurred between the hours of 6pm and 8pm.We arrived for our court date only to find no charges had been filed.A week after that we received a notice by the arresting deputy that he was […]

June 14, 2009
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California agencies have no business claiming copyright protection for public records

[…] to give citizens the right to information, typically in the form of records, about government policies and actions. Unless the requested records are subject to a specific exemption, an agency must turn them over. The records are in the public domain. The whole point of Copyright law, on the other hand, is to give […]
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- Public Records
June 22, 2016
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Senator Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish.

[…] individual user would be devastating to the internet. Yet the Senator has hinted, and many top technology-policy experts are concerned, that he might attempt to write an exemption to Section 230 that would require censorship in some cases. Does Mr. Liebermann really believe that if YouTube censors them, there won’t be any more Islamic […]
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009
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CFAC v. Santa Clara County and Critical Infrastructure Information

[…] County's response is due April 30, and under the California Rules of Court, amicus briefs would be due 14 days thereafter, on May 14. Both parties have requested oral argument, but the Court has not yet set a date for argument. After oral argument, the court will have 90 days to file its written opinion.

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Where can I legally hand out flyers for my non-profit?

[…] legal question anywhere, or if I found something similar, the question is about a religious group or a signature gatherer for political purposes which might have an exemption or an inherent right to be soliciting. I work for a 501c3 part time and I would like to hand out flyers for our nonprofit. I […]

December 28, 2010
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Government officials use personal email and texting to avoid public access laws. Why not use technology to enhance accountability instead of to subvert it?

[…] PETER SCHEER---All public officials favor open government in principle. Who would dare say otherwise? In reality, however, they are in a perpetual search, guided by clever lawyers, for new ways to circumvent disclosure requirements--at best, because they view requests for records as a nuisance, and at worst, because they have something to hide (which […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
August 22, 2009