What's New at the Citizen Media Law Project

Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Assistance Network: CMLP launched its Online Media Legal Network (OMLN), a new pro bono initiative that connects lawyers from across the country with online journalists and digital media creators who need legal help. Lawyers participating in OMLN will provide qualifying online publishers with pro bono and reduced fee legal assistance on a broad range of legal issues, including business formation and governance, copyright licensing and fair use, employment and freelancer agreements, access to government information, pre-publication review, and representation in litigation. More information is available here.

New Resource Devoted to Section 230 of the CDA: CMLP launched a new page that aggregates everything on our site relating to section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ("Section 230"), the important federal statute that protects operators of websites and other interactive computer services from liability for publishing the statements of third-parties. The page includes detailed background on Section 230, links to our legal guide and feeds showing recent legal threats from our database, blog posts, and news from across the Web. You can check out the new page here.

CMLP Blog

Is Britain Putting an End to Libel Tourism?
Could Britain finally be moving to shed its unflattering title of "libel capital of the world"?   We can only hope, of course, but...
Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Assistance Network for Online Journalists
We are delighted to announce the public launch of the Berkman Center's Online Media Legal Network (OMLN),...
CMLP Gets Lectured
Last week, the Practicing Law Institute hosted its annual program on Communications Law in the Digital Age. Up for discussion were a lot of topics near and dear...
The MPAA Lottery: Town of Coshocton Draws the Black Spot
“’It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,' Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.” - The Lottery, Shirley Jackson In The Lottery,...

New Threat Entries

United States v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, USA, Inc.
On March 2, 2006, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) and six of its members were convicted of terrorism and Internet stalking under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The group was...
Huntingdon Life Sciences, Inc. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, USA Inc.
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) and one of its employees filed a lawsuit in California state court against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, USA (SHAC), the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), and animal...
Florida v. RateMyCop.com
The Tallahassee Police Department subpoenaed records from RateMyCop.com after an anonymous user posted the name, address, and telephone number of a Tallahassee police officer on the site, according to Wired....
Florida v. Brayshaw
Florida state authorities charged Robert Brayshaw with a misdemeanor for violating Fla. Stat. § 843.17 after he anonymously posted the name, address, and telephone number of a Tallahassee Police Department...
 
 
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