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626885http://www.feedburner.com"Friends" Dispute, Facebook Style, Leads To Liability and Damagestag:typepad.com,2003:post-532407642008-07-25T12:43:55-04:002008-07-25T16:43:55Z2008-07-25T16:43:55ZTwo friends have a fight. Not uncommon. But one of the ex-friends decides on revenge, and he carries it out by creating a fake profile on Facebook and posting "confidential details" about the other individual. It happened to businessman Mathew...MediaLaw ProfThe Max Mosley Case: Reflectionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-532402282008-07-25T12:31:39-04:002008-07-25T16:35:38Z2008-07-25T16:31:39ZMore on the Max Mosley case: Janine Gibson of the Guardian here says "privacy is the new libel", Dan Tench evaluates the last ten years of privacy law here, the Guardian gives an overview of the case here, and offers...MediaLaw ProfJudge Orders Craigslist To Turn Over Name of Oscar Ticket Sellertag:typepad.com,2003:post-531791642008-07-24T12:48:53-04:002008-07-24T16:52:38Z2008-07-24T16:48:53ZThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) now knows who posted an ad on Craigslist offers tickets to this year's event. A state judge told the popular website it had to disclose who offered the goods for sale....MediaLaw ProfNew Group Challenges SAG Leadershiptag:typepad.com,2003:post-531781162008-07-24T12:25:53-04:002008-07-24T16:29:30Z2008-07-24T16:25:53ZThirty one actors in Hollywood, including Amy Brenneman ("Private Practice", "Judging Amy") and Ned Vaughn ("Navy NCIS") have emerged as challengers to the Screen Actors Guild leadership and propose, under the name "Unite for Strength" to move the union off...MediaLaw ProfHilden On Defamation and the Internettag:typepad.com,2003:post-531774102008-07-24T12:16:48-04:002008-07-24T16:16:58Z2008-07-24T16:16:48ZFindLaw's Julie Hilden discusses how, in terms of defamation, the defendant-friendly Internet encourages the independent contractor model, and why Big Media might want to move toward it more vigorously--to cut down on economic losses and to minimize liability.MediaLaw ProfMuch Grand Jury Testimony In Rosenberg Case Unsealed; Greenglass Testimony Still Secrettag:typepad.com,2003:post-531769922008-07-24T12:07:55-04:002008-07-24T16:08:45Z2008-07-24T16:07:55ZThe Second Circuit has ordered the federal government to release much of the grand jury testimony in the treason trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, sealed since 1951. The George Washington University National Security Archive had initiated the action. The...MediaLaw ProfMore On Product Placementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-531755662008-07-24T11:48:51-04:002008-07-24T15:49:00Z2008-07-24T15:48:51ZAnother piece on product placement in US TV...MediaLaw ProfNewsquest No Longer Accepting Ads For "Adult Services"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-531753582008-07-24T11:47:14-04:002008-07-24T15:47:25Z2008-07-24T15:47:14ZNewsquest Media Group, one of the UK's biggest media companies, is no longer accepting ads for "adult services", in an effort to address sex trafficking. The decision is being hailed as a great step forward. Read more here.MediaLaw ProfNext Up: Sienna Miller's Invasion of Privacy Suittag:typepad.com,2003:post-531745802008-07-24T11:41:43-04:002008-07-24T15:43:26Z2008-07-24T15:41:43ZNow, on to the next invasion of privacy suit--why, it's Sienna Miller's, and she's suing News of the World, the Sun, and a photo agency over pix and stories that have appeared about her and actor Balthazar Getty recently. Read...MediaLaw ProfMosley Wins Lawsuit, No Punitives in Invasion of Privacy Suit Against News of the Worldtag:typepad.com,2003:post-531741882008-07-24T11:38:34-04:002008-07-24T15:38:48Z2008-07-24T15:38:34ZMax Mosley has won his invasion of privacy suit against News of the World, Mr. Justice Eady finding no newsworthiness in the paper's coverage of the sex acts that it revealed. "...[T]here was no public interest or other justification for...MediaLaw Prof"Best Practices" For Online Video From a Chronicle Interviewtag:typepad.com,2003:post-530910162008-07-22T18:30:43-04:002008-07-22T22:30:56Z2008-07-22T22:30:43ZHere's what Pat Aufderheide, head of the Center for Social Media at American University, says about fair use rules for using video clips in the nonprofit and academic setting.MediaLaw ProfFormer Co-Anchor Charged In Alycia Lane Casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-530874102008-07-22T16:52:48-04:002008-07-22T20:53:54Z2008-07-22T20:52:48ZThe ABA Journal's Martha Neil reports that a former coworker of Alycia Lane's apparently burrowed into her emails and also into her communications with her attorney, and as a result is being charged with a federal crime. Larry Mendte was...MediaLaw ProfJulie Hilden on Gary Condit's Defamation Lawsuit Against Dominick Dunnetag:typepad.com,2003:post-530842202008-07-22T16:04:43-04:002008-07-22T20:04:50Z2008-07-22T20:04:43ZFindLaw's Julie Hilden discusses the dismissal of former Congressman Gary Condit's defamation lawsuit against Dominick Dunne. Mr. Dunne had made what Mr. Condit considered offensive and slanderous remarks about him on "Larry King Live" in 2005.MediaLaw ProfMore On That Channel 4 Global Warming Documentarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-530839542008-07-22T15:59:09-04:002008-07-22T20:00:12Z2008-07-22T19:59:09ZHere's background and reaction to the Ofcom ruling on Channel 4's documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle. Here's George Monbiot's commentary.MediaLaw Prof