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typepad/QOEthttp://feedburner.google.comNetwork Management Regulations and the Size of Providerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128763b2b36970c2009-12-09T15:57:49-05:002009-12-09T20:58:48Z2009-12-09T20:57:49ZGeorge S. Ford, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Michael Stern, Harvard University Law School, and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, have published "Expanding the Digital Divide: Network...Media Law ProfAn Analysis of Judge Easterbrook's Thinking on Copyrighttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128763b2585970c2009-12-09T15:52:13-05:002009-12-09T20:52:13Z2009-12-09T20:52:13ZRandal C. Picker, University of Chicago Law School, has published "Easterbrook on Copyright," in volume 77 University of Chicago Law Review (2010). Here is the abstract. In this essay prepared in celebration of Judge Frank Easterbrook’s 25th year on the...Media Law ProfTort Liability For Website Operators For Cyberharassmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a7384e1b970b2009-12-09T15:49:42-05:002009-12-09T20:49:42Z2009-12-09T20:49:42ZNancy S. Kim, California Western School of Law, has published "Imposing Tort Liability on Websites for Cyberharassment," at 118 Yale Law Journal Pocket Part 115 (2008). Here is the abstract. Several female law students were the subject of derogatory comments...Media Law ProfIP Law and the Washington Redskins Casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128763152d1970c2009-12-08T12:54:09-05:002009-12-08T17:56:01Z2009-12-08T17:54:09ZFindLaw's Sonia K. Katyal on trademarks that raise the issue of racial and other offensive representations.Media Law ProfThe Lure of the Foreign (Edition)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01287630e166970c2009-12-08T11:12:25-05:002009-12-08T16:28:57Z2009-12-08T16:12:25ZThe New York Times covers the impatience of U.S. readers to get hold of British (first) editions of popular mysteries when the U.S. edition is not yet available. Booksellers offer the convenience of picking the book up locally, but one...Media Law ProfThe Rights of Humanities Scholarstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a72dfa1a970b2009-12-08T11:07:53-05:002009-12-08T16:07:53Z2009-12-08T16:07:53ZCarol Loeb Schloss writes about her years-long battle with the Joyce estate, and the assistance she received from Lawrence Lessig and the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project, and others. While she eventually won her...Media Law ProfITV: Sorry About Rat-Killing Episodetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012876260089970c2009-12-07T13:56:46-05:002009-12-07T18:56:46Z2009-12-07T18:56:46ZITV has apologized for the episode on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," during which two participants killed and ate a rat. The network said it looked into health and safety concerns, but not into whether killing the...Media Law ProfHave Reality TV Creators Finally Gone Too Far?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a72243b4970b2009-12-07T13:14:13-05:002009-12-07T18:14:36Z2009-12-07T18:14:13ZIn creating "Jersey Shore" and "Find My Family" reality tv types seem to have crossed some lines. And we thought there weren't any more lines to be crossed. MTV, which is premiering "Jersey Shore," has already run into trouble with...Media Law ProfThe GE/Comcast Dealtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a721f053970b2009-12-07T13:07:39-05:002009-12-07T18:07:39Z2009-12-07T18:07:39ZFrom the New York Times, on the GE/Comcast deal over NBC/Universal: With technology changing Americans’ media experience at breakneck speed, it might seem quaint to worry about the merger of an old-style cable company with a beleaguered broadcast TV company....Media Law ProfUnion Leader Gets Apology, Damages From News of the Worldtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128762413d0970c2009-12-07T11:58:02-05:002009-12-07T17:18:45Z2009-12-07T16:58:02ZThe News of the World will pay damages and has apologized to Unite election official Derek Simpson over a false story it published alleging that he had used union money and taken advantage of the union's rules in order to...Media Law ProfQueen Elizabeth Fires "Shot Across the Bow" At Paparazzitag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128761f7ed6970c2009-12-06T11:42:41-05:002009-12-06T16:42:41Z2009-12-06T16:42:41ZQueen Elizabeth II has informed the paparazzi and media that they are not to publish photos of the royals and other members of the family have noted that they are entitled to their privacy when engaged in normal family activities....Media Law ProfRat-Eating Celebs Face Chargestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a71d07af970b2009-12-06T11:37:28-05:002009-12-06T16:37:28Z2009-12-06T16:37:28ZThe winners of this season's ITV version of "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" face animal cruelty charges in New South Wales after footage shows them killing and eating a rat. Police issued summons under the Prevention of...Media Law ProfRescuing the Print Mediatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128761ac95d970c2009-12-05T09:44:48-05:002009-12-05T14:44:48Z2009-12-05T14:44:48ZMara J. Gassmann, Georgetown University Law Center, has published "Who's Watching (Out for) the Watchers?: The First Amendment and Non-Profit Newspapers." Here is the abstract. U.S. Senator Ben Cardin has introduced The Newspaper Revitalization Act, which if passed would amend...Media Law ProfCanadian Court Hears Case Against Iranian Government Over Death of Journalisttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128761048d4970c2009-12-04T10:39:48-05:002009-12-04T15:51:42Z2009-12-04T15:39:48ZA Quebec court hears arguments in the death of an Iranian-Canadian journalist, Zahra Kazemi, who died of injuries suffered while she was in police custody six years ago. According to press reports, Kazemi was 54 when she died in Iranian...Media Law ProfGE, Comcast and NBCtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a70d925b970b2009-12-04T10:33:11-05:002009-12-04T15:33:11Z2009-12-04T15:33:11ZTwo New York Times articles on the GE/Comcast NBC deal and its implications, here and here.Media Law ProfCollecting a Libel Tourism Judgmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012876103c30970c2009-12-04T10:29:09-05:002009-12-04T15:29:09Z2009-12-04T15:29:09ZDoug Rendleman, Washington and Lee University School lof Law, has published "Collecting a Libel Tourist’s Defamation Judgment?" forthcoming in the Washington and Lee Law Review. Here is the abstract. A libel plaintiff sued an American defendant in a foreign nation...Media Law ProfWhat Does the Camera Capture?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a7056816970b2009-12-03T11:16:20-05:002009-12-03T16:16:20Z2009-12-03T16:16:20ZFrench legislator Valerie Boyer wants digitally altered photos to be labelled as such. For one thing, she thinks such labelling would assist in a fight against anorexia. Not everyone agrees. Read more here in a New York Times article.Media Law ProfBritain's Justice Minister Says Libel Laws Will Be Reformed; They Are Having Chilling Effect On Free Speechtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a70560ea970b2009-12-03T11:09:52-05:002009-12-03T16:09:52Z2009-12-03T16:09:52ZBritain's Justice secretary, Jack Straw, has announced a plan to attack "libel tourism," which he says is "chilling" democracy in the country, according to this Guardian article. Mr. Straw says that current status of libel law in Great Britain "threatens...Media Law ProfComparing (Internet) Network Discrimination in Canada and the UStag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6fda356970b2009-12-02T09:59:09-05:002009-12-02T14:59:42Z2009-12-02T14:59:09ZMark Perry and Thomas Margoni, both of the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, have published "Interpreting Network Discrimination in the CRTC and FCC." Here is the abstract. The issue of what discriminatory use of a network means has...Media Law ProfFreedom of Expression in Ugandatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875ffe423970c2009-12-02T09:56:12-05:002009-12-02T14:56:12Z2009-12-02T14:56:12ZMusede Denis Jude has published "Limitations to the Enjoyment of Freedom of Expression in Uganda." Here is the abstract. Freedom of expression in Uganda has been subject to a number of restrictions since colonial period to date. However in 1986...Media Law Prof