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Contact the Citizen Media Law Project's Director, Jeff Hermes:

Email: staff (at) citmedialaw.org

Citizen Media Law Project
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard Law School
23 Everett Street, Second Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138

Phone: 617.495.7547
Fax: 617.495.7641

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News Releases

• 2.9.11 - Berkman Center's Online Media Legal Network Partners with Investigative News Network


• 8.31.10 - Citizen Media Law Project and Center for Sustainable Journalism Announce Conference Focused on Media Law in the Digital Age


• 1.5.10 - OMLN Partners with Online News Association to Provide Legal Assistance to Independent Journalists


• 11.19.09 - Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Assistance Network for Online Journalists


• 06.23.09 - Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Urge NH Supreme Court to Defend First Amendment Rights of Mortgage Site


• 03.25.09 - Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Lead Amicus Effort Promoting Rights of Anonymous Online Speakers in Illinois


• 9.10.08 - Defending the Rights of Artists: Citizen Media Law Project Joins the Right to Write Fund In Protecting Creative Artists From Legal Threats


• 7.29.08 - Citizen Media Law Project Completes Launch of Online Guide to Media Law


• 2.27.08 - Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Challenge Wikileaks Injunctions


• 2.05.08 - Citizen Media Law Project Launches Online Legal Guide


• 11.07.07 - Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Threats Database


• 5.23.07 - Berkman Center Awarded Two Knight Grants for Media Projects

Selected Media Coverage and Mentions

• Greater Boston, Could Your Cell Phone Get You Arrested?, June 21, 2011


• Wendy Davis, Righthaven Not Entitled to Sue for Copyright Infringement, MediaPost Online Media Daily, June 15, 2011


• WBUR Morning Edition, News-Gathering Techniques A ‘Core Issue’ In Cellphone Video Case, June 8, 2011


• Legal Talk Network, Lawyer 2 Lawyer: Digital Privacy and Your Smartphone, May 4, 2011


• Jenn Webb, Legally Speaking, Think Before You Tweet, O'Reilly Radar, May 2, 2011


• Al Tompkins, Explosion in Web Sites Drives Need to Offer Free Legal Advice, Poynter Online, March 4, 2011


• Tech Razor, Media Law in the Digital Age Conference Presented by Center for Sustainable Journalism and Berkman Center, October 1, 2010.


• Sarah Randag, Pa. Federal Court Refuses to Force News Website to Unmask Commenters, ABA Journal, March 8, 2010.


• Noam Cohen, A Vision of Iceland as a Haven for Journalists, The New York Times, February 21, 2010


• Douglas MacMillan, News Corp.'s Talks with Microsoft: A Flawed Deal?, BusinessWeek, November 24, 2009


• Laura M. Holson, Short Outbursts on Twitter? #Big Problem, The New York Times, October 8, 2009


• Legal Talk Network, Lawyer 2 Lawyer: Craigslist Legal Scrutiny, May 1, 2009


• Brian Stelter, Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt, New York Times, March 1, 2009


• Aaron C. Davis, Media Need Not Reveal Web Posters' Identities, The Washington Post, February 28, 2009


• Deborah Gage, Web 2.0 defamation lawsuits multiply, San Francisco Chronicle, February 9, 2009


• Robert Weisman, Lawsuit over website links in spotlight, Boston Globe, January 23, 2009


• Adam Cohen, Casting a Ballot, and a Wary Eye, The New York Times, October 27, 2008


• Ben Arnoldy, New media feels heat after Apple misstep, Christian Science Monitor, October 8, 2008


• Jo Napolitano, Does speech law trample on rights?, Chicago Tribune, October 6, 2008


• Stephanie Ebbert, Libel Lawsuit Filed Against Cape Blogger, The Boston Globe, September 8, 2008


• Huma Yusef, Rise in lawsuits against bloggers, Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2008


• Wendy Davis, Court Rules For Blogger In Subpoena Dispute, MediaPost Online Media Daily, April 25, 2008


• Wendy Davis, Oregon Claims State Laws Deserve Protection Against Piracy, MediaPost Online Media Daily, April 18, 2008


• Susan Smallheer, ibrattelboro.com Dropped from Libel Lawsuit, The Rutland Herald, March 20, 2008


• Ben Arnoldy, Anonymous Activists Gaining Strength Online, The Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2008


• Jaikumar Vijayan, Rights Groups Seek Court OK to Intervene in Wikileaks Case, The New York Times, February 28, 2008


• Alex Altman, A Coming Chill Over Internet Freedom?, Time, February 20, 2008


• Adam Liptak and Brad Stone, Judge Orders Wikileaks Web Site Shut, The New York Times, February 19, 2008


• Mark Glaser, Traditional Media Ready to Elevate the Conversation Online — with Moderation, Media Shift, January 16, 2008


• Amy Gahran, New FOIA Reforms Help Journos, Bloggers, Poynter Online, January 3, 2008


• Alana Semuels, Newspapers, Bloggers Now on Same Page, Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2007


• Meghan Fisher, Citizen Journalism: Who Qualifies?, HOI 19 Online, July 30, 2007


• Daniel Schultz, Legal Resource for Citizen Journalists, Poynter Online, July 19, 2007


• Carolyn Johnson, $11m Aims to Foster a New Digital ‘Fifth Estate': Handful in Region Get Grants For Proposals in Citizen Journalism, Boston Globe, May 24, 2007