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Opinion: Federal judge said to weaken protection for anonymous speech

donal brown June 9, 2011

A Lebonese conglomerate with ties to Hezbollah won a judgment in federal court allowing a supoena to ISP Skybeam a host of anonymous postings that the conglomerate claim defamed them. The conglomerate is seeking to identify those responsible for the posts that alleged that to buy from the fashion company owned by the conglomerate provided support for terrorism. Paul Alan Levy explains that Public Citizen has taken up the appeal in the case out of

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Boston: Federal court hearing case on right to record police actions in public

donal brown June 9, 2011

A Massachusetts man was arrested under Massachusetts wiretap law and accused of aiding the escape of a prisoner and disturbing the peace. The man Simon Glik had used his cell phone to record police arresting a suspect on the Boston Common. Glik contended that his did not make a secret recording as forbidden by the wiretap law, did not interfere with the police arrest and had a First Amendment right to record the event. -db

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Miami Beach police allegedly confiscate video of police shooting

donal brown June 9, 2011

After Miami Beach police shot and killed a suspect on a public street, they allegedly confiscated a video devise from a witness Narces Benoit and roughed up him and his girlfriend in the process. The police said Benoit was seized as a witness and denied that they stomped on his cellphone. Free press supporters say unless Benoit had posted it on YouTube, the public would never have known the details of the police shooting since

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Tennesee law bans posting of gratuitous images causing emotional distress

donal brown June 9, 2011

In his blog, Eugene Volokh says a new Tennessee law banning the posting of images causing emotional distress without legitimate purpose is unconstitutional. The law did not specify the meaning of legitimate purpose. Volokh argues that the law would seriously curtail free speech, “…if you post an image intended to distress some religious, political, ethnic, racial, etc. group, you too can be sent to jail if governments decision maker thinks your purpose wasn’t ‘legitimate.’ Nothing

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Munchkin caretaker sues National Enquirer for defamation

donal brown June 7, 2011

A caretaker for a former actor who appeared as three Munchkin characters in “The Wizard of Oz” is suing the National Enquirer for an article that said she abused the actor and stole over $1 million from him. In her complaint the caretaker said the Enquirer published a photo of Carroll with bruises on his face and said she was responsible for them and that the allegations were criminal and false and that Enquirer “knew

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