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CMLP ANNOUNCEMENT: Amicus Brief Filed Regarding Intersection of Trademark Law & Freedom of Speech
On January 18, 2012, the Citizen Media Law Project (under its new name, the Digital Media Law Project -- new website coming soon) filed an amicus brief in...
Bloggers and Shield Laws II: Now, You Can Worry
A few weeks ago, I wrote that bloggers should not be too concerned about a decision by a federal judge in Oregon that ...
In Case You Missed It the First Time, Supreme Court Police Reenact Cohen v. California
Say you're in law school, and your professor gives you the following hypothetical: It's 1968. A man named Paul Robert Cohen is in...
SOPA/PIPA Protest Day is Over, But the Battle is Not
The day of protest against the now (hopefully) infamous "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and...
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New Threat Entries

Ron Paul 2012 v. Does 1-10
On January 13, 2012, Ron Paul's presidential campaign organization sued anonymous YouTube users in federal court over a video posted on YouTube by user "NHLiberty4Paul" on January 4, 2012. The...
Jones v. Dirty World, LLC
On December 23, 2009, a Jane Doe filed a lawsuit in federal court. The plaintiff intended to sue TheDirty.com, alleging that a number of posts on the blog (self-described as...
Fraley v. Facebook
On March 18, 2011, five plaintiffs (including two minors) sued Facebook in California state court. The plaintiffs claimed to represent the class of people injured by Facebook's introduction of a...
Shawnee Mission East High School v. Sullivan
The Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas on Nov. 22, 2011, ordered Emma Sullivan, a student, to write an apology to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback after Sullivan tweeted criticism...
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