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 typepad/QOEthttp://feedburner.google.com More On the Fight Over the Proposed Piracy Bill tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761035ff3970b 2012-01-24T15:57:38-05:00 2012-01-24T20:57:38Z 2012-01-24T20:57:38Z From the New York Times, an article on the proposed piracy bill, who's for it, who's against it, and why. In particular, the Times analyzes why so many "netizens" are so violently opposed to the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)... Media Law Prof SOPA Protests, Washington, Media Reactions tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5c1f415970c 2012-01-18T14:17:06-05:00 2012-01-18T19:17:06Z 2012-01-18T19:17:06Z The Hollywood Reporter and the New York Times report on the Web protests over SOPA. The media is trying to fill the information void. Washington reacts. Media Law Prof THR On SOPA tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffbc725b970d 2012-01-17T12:57:58-05:00 2012-01-17T17:57:58Z 2012-01-17T17:57:58Z The Hollywood Reporter on Washington's stronger anti-piracy laws. Media Law Prof Turkish Court Brings Charges Against Sarah Ferguson For 2008 Documentary tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167607962c1970b 2012-01-13T13:55:22-05:00 2012-01-13T18:55:22Z 2012-01-13T18:55:22Z A Turkish court has charged Sarah Ferguson with violating the law in the way she and ITV acquired footage for a 2008 documentary about the treatment of orphans in Turkish orphanages. If convicted, she could be sentenced to more than... Media Law Prof New Domain Names Available Beginning Today tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e56b9ec8970c 2012-01-12T14:05:43-05:00 2012-01-12T19:05:43Z 2012-01-12T19:05:43Z From NPR: a story (print and audio) on ICANN's expansion of domain names and critiques from both advertisers and regulators. Media Law Prof French Journalist Killed In Syria tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e56a4fc6970c 2012-01-12T12:05:47-05:00 2012-01-12T17:05:47Z 2012-01-12T17:05:47Z A France TV2 journalist who won an award for his coverage of the Tunisian revolt in 2011 has died in a mortar attack in Syria. Gilles Jacquier was covering a pro-government rally when the area came under fire. He is... Media Law Prof The Supreme Court of Canada's Ruling on Hyperlinks tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760698964970b 2012-01-12T11:46:21-05:00 2012-01-12T16:46:21Z 2012-01-12T16:46:21Z Emir Crowne, University of Windsor Faculty of Law, and Arif A. Mahmood have published Hyperlinks Not Defamatory According to Supreme Court of Canada, forthcoming in the Constitutional Forum, Centre for Constitutional Studies. Here is the abstract. In Crookes v. Newton,... Media Law Prof Call For Submissions From a New Law Journal tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760696423970b 2012-01-12T11:31:21-05:00 2012-01-12T16:39:31Z 2012-01-12T16:31:21Z From the Editorial Board of the Cincinnati Law Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal The Cincinnati Law Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal has issued a Call for Papers for its Spring/Summer 2012 Inaugural Issue. The Cincinnati Law Intellectual Property... Media Law Prof Egyptian Businessman On Trial for Tweet of Mickey and Minnie Mouse In Islamic Dress tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff65c23f970d 2012-01-11T10:44:03-05:00 2012-01-11T15:44:03Z 2012-01-11T15:44:03Z Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris is on trial for tweeting a comment about Islam that some allege defames the religion. Last year he sent out cartoons of Mickey and Minnie Mouse dressed as Muslims, but almost immediately apologized for doing so,... Media Law Prof Google Criticized For Adding Google Plus Posts Into Search Results tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167605a8d51970b 2012-01-11T10:33:21-05:00 2012-01-11T15:35:16Z 2012-01-11T15:33:21Z The Guardian reports that Google is under fire from Twitter for incorporating results from its Google Plus network into search results. Critics warn that Google might be breaking the antitrust laws by doing so. More here. More on the changes... Media Law Prof New York Times Opinion: The Supreme Court Should Abandon Pacifica tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e55b2d79970c 2012-01-11T10:27:51-05:00 2012-01-11T15:27:51Z 2012-01-11T15:27:51Z From the New York Times Opinion pages: One First Amendment. In F.C.C. v. Fox Television Stations, which the court heard on Tuesday, the justices should overturn the 1978 ruling and apply the same First Amendment principles to all media. If... Media Law Prof FCC v. Fox Broadcasting Transcript tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff5e28c8970d 2012-01-10T21:58:02-05:00 2012-01-11T02:58:02Z 2012-01-11T02:58:02Z Here's a link to the transcript of oral argument in FCC v. Fox Broadcasting. (Link courtesy of SCOTUSBlog). Media Law Prof Supremes Hear Oral Argument In FCC v. Fox Broadcasting tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167604cfd4f970b 2012-01-10T11:54:10-05:00 2012-01-10T16:55:12Z 2012-01-10T16:54:10Z The Supreme Court hears oral argument today, January 10, in FCC v. Fox Broadcasting, on appeal from the 2nd Circuit. More here from the Legal Information Institute, here from the First Amendment Center, here from SCOTUS Blog. Media Law Prof Cameras in the Courtroom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676042aeb7970b 2012-01-09T18:20:59-05:00 2012-01-09T23:28:06Z 2012-01-09T23:20:59Z Nancy S. Marder, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, has published The Conundrum of Cameras in the Courtroom. In spite of a communications revolution that has given the public access to new media in new places, the revolution... Media Law Prof Analyzing the Citizens United Decision tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167603e37ba970b 2012-01-09T11:15:56-05:00 2012-01-09T16:15:56Z 2012-01-09T16:15:56Z Randall P. Bezanson, University of Iowa College of Law, is publishing No Middle Ground? Reflections on the Citizens United Decision in the Iowa Law Review. Here is the abstract. My interest in this brief essay is to explore precisely what... Media Law Prof National Security and South Korean Writers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5353218970c 2012-01-08T18:43:26-05:00 2012-01-08T23:43:26Z 2012-01-08T23:43:26Z From the New York Times: South Korea's national security law and its application to writers, particularly satirists. Media Law Prof Interior Designers and the First Amendment tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5139ced970c 2012-01-06T09:36:16-05:00 2012-01-06T14:36:16Z 2012-01-06T14:36:16Z From the National Law Journal: an opinion piece on the upcoming case before the Supreme Court, Locke v. Shore. Petitioners are challenging a Florida law that requires interior designers practicing in non-residential, commercial settings to be licensed. Few other states... Media Law Prof The Ivory Tower and the FBI tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01675ff8d7bf970b 2012-01-04T14:25:00-05:00 2012-01-04T19:25:00Z 2012-01-04T19:25:00Z The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the debate that has emerged over how to balance academic freedom and national security in the area of biology--specifically, the study of bird flu. Traditionally, scientists have published the results of their research. But... Media Law Prof Chinese Reality Shows: The Content Slips Over the Line Into Politics tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162fed7f44d970d 2012-01-01T11:10:20-05:00 2012-01-01T16:10:20Z 2012-01-01T16:10:20Z From the New York Times: a discussion of the Chinese government's increasing censorship of reality shows. Media Law Prof France Telecom Selling Orange Switzerland tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef015438e730a7970c 2011-12-25T13:33:47-05:00 2011-12-25T18:33:47Z 2011-12-25T18:33:47Z From the New York Times: France Telecom and Apax Partners have agreed to a deal in which Apax Partners will purchase Orange Switzerland from France Telecom, subject to an okay from Swiss regulators. France Telecom announcement here. Media Law Prof