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Internet free speech: Federal judge dismisses stalker case

donal brown December 17, 2011

A federal judge rejected a claim against a man who relentlessly pursued a religious leader on Twitter in a groundbreaking case on free speech and cyberstalking. The judge said while the speech inflicted “substantial emotional distress,” “nucomfortable speech” was protected under the First Amendment. -db From The New York Times, December 15, 2011, by Somini Sengupta. Full story  

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Opinion: Scholars say online piracy bills violate U.S. Constitution

donal brown December 15, 2011

Leading Constitutional scholars say the online piracy legislation currently before Congress throttles constitutional rights, writes Corynne McSherry for the Electronic Freedom Foundation. She says the revised legislation only gives lip service to the First Amendment and denies due process and free speech in ways described by the scholars. -db From a commentary for the Electronic Freedom Foundation, December 14, 2011, by Corynne McSherry. Full story  

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Opinion: Righthaven overstepped but protection for newspapers still vital

donal brown December 1, 2011

Righthaven’s methods in pursuing copyright violations turned out to be bogus and unfair resulting in its bankruptcy, but, says Jeffrey D. Neuburger in MediaShift, it would be too bad if the company did not survive long enough to pursue appeals lest newspapers lose ground in receiving just compensation for their work. -db From a commentary for MediaShift, December 1, 2011, by Jeffrey D. Neuburger. Full story  

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Opinion: Internet community suffers double whammy over exclusion from House online piracy hearing

donal brown November 17, 2011

The webcast of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA was of such poor quality that the Internet community was effectively shut out until the question and answer period. The community is also concerned that the committee is only asking one representative of the technology sector to testify. -db From a commentary for the Electronic Freedom Foundation, November 16, 2011, by Rainey Reitman. Full story

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Justice Department refuses request for legal opinion concerning FBI surveillance

donal brown November 15, 2011

The Justice Department has refused a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for an important legal opinon on the use of “exigent letters,” a method of requesting information that includes telephone company records. In refusing to disclose the legal opinion, the DOJ cited national security concerns. -db From Politico, November 11, 2011, by Josh Gerstein. Full story    

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