What's New at the Citizen Media Law Project

Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Guide: The guide is intended for use by citizen media creators with or without formal legal training, as well as others with an interest in these issues, and focuses on the wide range of legal issues online publishers are likely to face, including risks associated with publication, such as defamation and privacy torts; intellectual property; access to government information; newsgathering; and general legal issues involved in setting up a business. You can access the guide here.

Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Threats Database: The CMLP's interactive database of legal threats is now live. The database contains lawsuits, cease & desist letters, subpoenas, and other legal threats directed at those who engage in online speech. You can view, search, create, and comment on entries in the database from our database page.

CMLP Blog

Court Lifts Gag Order On MIT Students
EFF reports that U.S. District Court Judge George O'Toole has lifted the temporary restraining order that the court had issued against the three...
Texas Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Principal's Lawsuit Over Fake MySpace Page
Last week, the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Texas upheld the trial court's dismissal of Clark High School vice-principal Anna Draker's lawsuit against two students and...
Ohio Takes a Page from the Sunshine Review
In an effort to goad Ohio officials into making more state records available online, the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, a private policy think tank,...
AutoAdmit Update: "A Horse Walks Into A Bar" Gets Feisty
You know you've got a pretty good job when you turn to the first order of business for the day and read this: NOW COMES Defendant, A horse walks into a...

New Threat Entries

State of Oklahoma (Miller) v. King
Harold King runs the forum site "McAlester Watercooler," which he describes as a forum for citizens of McAlester, Oklahoma to "voice their views about the on-going City events." In August...
Mayor Sottile v. Richters
James Sottile, the mayor of Kingston, New York, sued Clark Richters, an unemployed maintenance man and cable public access producer, for defamation after Richters posted an entry to his blog,...
Perry v. Topping
Los Angeles attorney James Perry sued Tom Topping for libel and invasion of privacy after Topping published an article stating that the Los Angeles City Attorney had determined that Perry...
Vision Media TV Group v. Richard
Production company Vision Media TV (VMT) sued blogger Leslie Richard after she accused the company of scamming small businesses in her blog and on an Internet forum.  VMT's complaint asked...
 
 
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