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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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Ad charging bank crime refused by Nigerian press in alleged payoff

donal brown December 17, 2009

A Brooklyn lawyer says when he tried to run an ad in Nigeria’s “The Nation” charging a bank made its female employees offer sex to attract investors, the publication refused his ad saying it had accepted a payoff from the bank. -DB Courthouse News Service December 17, 2009 By Adam Klasfeld BROOKLYN (NY) – A Brooklyn lawyer says a Nigerian bank hired people to threaten his life after he tried to expose its coerced “corporate

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U.S. needs federal shield law

donal brown December 3, 2009

The Senate should move forward on a federal shield law for reporters writes an ACLU blogger because such a law strengthens democracy by allowing journalists to reveal government malfeasance without fear of going to jail. -DB American Civil Liberties Union Opinion December 2, 2009 By Sandra Fulton Most people don’t realize that the American government is in the habit of locking up journalists. We are disgusted when governments like China and Cuba criminalize the press,

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News media asks Supreme Court to review rules prohibiting death row interviews

donal brown November 30, 2009

Twenty-three news organizations have asked the Supreme Court to review federal rules prohibiting in-person interviews that block inmates from informing the press of treatment and conditions. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Press Release November 25, 2009 The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review federal rules that prohibit in-person interviews with death row inmates and ban the inmates from telling

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A Patent on Podcasting? EFF thinks not

FAC November 23, 2009

The Patent Office just granted  Volomedia exclusive rights to  “a method for providing episodic media,” creating a very real threat to the future of free podcasting.  You can help  EEF’s Patent-Busting Project crack the case. EFF’s DeepLinks Blog EFF Tackles Bogus Podcasting Patent – And We Need Your Help News Update by Rebecca Jeschke Patenting podcasting? You’ve got to be kidding. Yet a company called Volomedia just got the Patent Office to grant them such

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