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typepad/QOEthttp://feedburner.google.comWhat the BBC Pays Its On-Air Talenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128777fc59e970c2010-02-09T13:58:17-05:002010-02-09T18:58:17Z2010-02-09T18:58:17ZFrom the BBC, salaries for its tv and radio broadcasters.Media Law ProfRegulating Speech About Off-Label Uses of Prescription Drugstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128777f0740970c2010-02-09T13:51:59-05:002010-02-09T18:53:36Z2010-02-09T18:51:59ZMargaret Gilhooley, Seton Hall University School of Law, has published "Drug Safety and Commercial Speech: Television Advertisements and Reprints on Off-Label Uses." Here is the abstract. This paper examines how the constitutional protections for commercial speech have limited the ability...Media Law ProfThe FCC's Openness Principles and Content Providerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a875a981970b2010-02-08T11:53:24-05:002010-02-08T16:54:49Z2010-02-08T16:53:24ZRob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, has published "Why the FCC’s Proposed Openness Principles Cannot and Should Not Apply to Internet Application and Content Providers." Here is the abstract. The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has issued a...Media Law ProfPress Complaints Commission Criticizedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01287777d700970c2010-02-08T11:18:54-05:002010-02-08T16:18:54Z2010-02-08T16:18:54ZBoth Sir Ken Macdonald, former Director of Public Prosecutions, and Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, are highly critical of the Press Complaints Commission, the group presently charged with overseeing regulation of the British print media. Sir Ken told a...Media Law ProfThe National Merit Scholarship Corporation and the Bloggertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a8756ad1970b2010-02-08T11:03:57-05:002010-02-08T16:09:39Z2010-02-08T16:03:57ZThe Chronicle of Higher Education reports on an incident involving the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and a blogger; the NMSC objected to what it calls the blogger's publication of "proprietary information" on her blog and implied it would seek legal...Media Law ProfAnd Starring As Los Angeles....tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a8701e5c970b2010-02-07T14:04:40-05:002010-02-07T19:04:40Z2010-02-07T19:04:40ZFrom the New York Times, how other states audition to play California. Tax credits and computer animation help out.Media Law ProfWhat Is the FCC's Regulatory Over the Internettag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012877629776970c2010-02-04T12:15:49-05:002010-02-04T17:15:49Z2010-02-04T17:15:49ZJames B. Speta, Northwestern University School of Law, has published "The Shaky Foundations of the Regulated Internet," in volume 8 of the Journal of Telecommunication and High Technology Law (2010). The Federal Communications Commission's order directing Comcast to cease certain...Media Law ProfAustralian Judge Rules That "Men at Work" Song Infringes "Kookaburra"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a8604264970b2010-02-04T11:47:42-05:002010-02-04T16:47:42Z2010-02-04T16:47:42ZThe band "Men at Work" has lost a plagiarism suit. The Australian judge hearing the infringement suit brought by Larrikin Publishing against the group has ruled that the song "Down Under" impermissibly quotes from Marion Sinclair's song "Kookaburra," written in...Media Law ProfHost Sues BBC For Age and Sex Discriminationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a8603bd6970b2010-02-04T11:41:22-05:002010-02-04T16:41:22Z2010-02-04T16:41:22ZBBC on-air host Miriam O'Reilly (Countryfile) is planning to sue the network for age and sex discrimination after it cancelled her contract, as well as those of other female hosts over the age of 40. The network has also let...Media Law ProfOh, Mel...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a860380a970b2010-02-04T11:37:46-05:002010-02-04T16:37:46Z2010-02-04T16:37:46ZMel Gibson perpetuates his fifteen minutes of problems with the media with this remark after his answer to an interviewer who asked about his anti-Semitic tirade four years ago. Link (with beep) here.Media Law ProfWhither the Tweet?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128775b3272970c2010-02-03T14:53:58-05:002010-02-03T19:53:58Z2010-02-03T19:53:58ZFindLaw's Julie Hilden discusses a recent Illinois trial court case in which a judge ruled that a management company had no cause of action against a former tenant for her tweets about it. Did the judge make the correct legal...Media Law ProfEffects of the Google Book Settlementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128775b2cba970c2010-02-03T14:49:27-05:002010-02-03T19:49:27Z2010-02-03T19:49:27ZPamela Samuelson, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, has published "Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace," forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. Here is the abstract. The Google Book Search (GBS) initiative once promised to...Media Law ProfOnline Copyright Enforcement Trends Around the Worldtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a858f1a0970b2010-02-03T14:46:54-05:002010-02-03T19:46:54Z2010-02-03T19:46:54ZJeremy F. DeBeer, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, and Christopher D. Clemmer, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, have published "Global Trends in Online Copyright Enforcement: A Non-Neutral Role for Network Intermediaries?" in volume 49 of Jurimetrics (2009). Here is the abstract....Media Law ProfControversy Over Boston Police Interpretation Of Privacy, Cellphone Videorecordingstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128774b164e970c2010-02-02T11:26:34-05:002010-02-02T16:28:50Z2010-02-02T16:26:34ZDebate has erupted over Boston law enforcement interpretations of whether individuals witnessing police behavior or arrests may record that behavior on their cellphones. Because Massachusetts is now a "two party" state, requiring the permission of both the person(s) being taped...Media Law ProfBBC Examining Image, Treatment of LGBT Persons On Networktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128773f784d970c2010-02-01T12:20:23-05:002010-02-01T17:20:23Z2010-02-01T17:20:23ZThe BBC is undertaking an investigation into portrayals of LGBT individuals on tv and radio and via its Internet presence. Peter Tatchell reports in the Guardian that the network has received decades of criticism, and is finally examining not just...Media Law ProfFDA On Physician Comments Concerning Unapproved Drugstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128773f6b97970c2010-02-01T12:10:37-05:002010-02-01T17:10:37Z2010-02-01T17:10:37ZThe FDA has sent a letter to dermatologist and researcher Leslie Baumann about comments she made to the media concerning a drug before its approval. The FDA noted that Dr. Baumann was "an investigator on a clinical trial for Dysport...Media Law ProfCBS Says No To Gay Dating Site's Request To Air Ad During Super Bowltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128772c0bc8970c2010-01-29T14:01:36-05:002010-01-29T19:01:36Z2010-01-29T19:01:36ZIn the wake of controversy over CBS's agreement to air the anti-abortion ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother during the Super Bowl, the network has refused the request of gay dating site ManCrunch.com to air its ad. Although CBS...Media Law ProfChicago Tribune Files Lawsuit Over U of I Admissions Liststag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a81f4152970b2010-01-28T16:38:16-05:002010-01-28T21:38:16Z2010-01-28T21:38:16ZThe Chicago Tribune is suing the University of Illinois to gain access to the names of the parents of applicants to the school, and to the names of persons who might have lobbied the university on behalf of those applicants....Media Law ProfJudge Rules That Former TalkSport Host May Challenge Ofcom Ruling Over On Air Commentstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128772067b0970c2010-01-28T11:16:14-05:002010-01-28T16:16:14Z2010-01-28T16:16:14ZRadio host Jon Gaunt will be allowed to challenge Ofcom's ruling that he breached the broadcast code by calling London councilman Michael Stark a "health Nazi" and other things on air, a London court has ruled. Mr. Justice Stadlen accepted...Media Law ProfDominique de Villepin Acquittedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a81d6272970b2010-01-28T11:00:25-05:002010-01-28T16:01:35Z2010-01-28T16:00:25ZFormer French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been acquitted of defamation charges arising out of the "Clearstream" scandal. He was accused of slandering current French President and former Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy. Read more here in a...Media Law Prof