Citizen Media Law Briefs

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project blog...

Andrew Moshirnia dances on the grave of France's Internet Three Strikes law.
Liberte, Egalite, Technologie: The French Resistance and the Anti-Piracy Campaign

Lee Baker sticks up for students' rights to make bad copies of Sublime's CD art.
Principal Censors School Paper: Claims "Old English" Font Promotes Gang Activity

Andrew Moshirnia argues the merits of surfin' it old school.
Crash Diet: Text-Only Browsers as Tonic for Iranian Internet Throttling

Andrew Moshirnia contemplates the black hole that is a ban on Internet access.
Bring Me his Head and Hands: Unconstitutional Internet Proscription

Eric Robinson uncovers the downside of Internet exceptionalism.
Crime Online May Mean More Time   read more »

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project blog...

Lee Baker takes the Tenth Circuit to task for its latest student speech ruling.
Tenth Circuit Upholds Restrictions on Student Speech

Courtney French issues an online publishing commandment.
Thou Shalt Not Use Multimedia in Vain

Andrew Moshirnia urges everyone to stop and think before hauling out the pitchforks.
Dull: Ockham's Razor in the age of Twitter

Wendy Seltzer takes a contrarian view of the HBS Twitter study.
Don't Believe the Twitter Anti-Hype: Innovative Platforms Allow for Failure

Kimberley Isbell performs an Internet archaeological investigation on news of Tony La Russa's suit against Twitter.
On the Web, Everyone Can Hear You Sue...

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Recent threats added to the CMLP database...   read more »

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project blog...   read more »

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project blog...

Arthur Bright reads the tea leaves for Obama's SCOTUS nominee.
A View of Judge Sonia Sotomayor From Cyberspace

David Ardia casts a weary eye on the latest pro se complaint against Google.
Inventor of Vibrating Toilet Seat Sues Google Over Allegedly Defamatory Search Results

Kimberley Isbell worries about Google's lawyers loosing sleep.
It's Time to Update the Lanham Act for the 21st Century

Arthur Bright applauds the New York legislature's latest foray into media shield law territory.
NY Legislature Proactively Considering Whether Shield Law Applies to Bloggers? How Novel!   read more »

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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News from the Citizen Media Law Project...

This week, CMLP joined Public Citizen, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in submitting an amicus brief in support of Yahoo!'s petition for rehearing in Barnes v. Yahoo!, a case in which the Ninth Circuit recently held that a plaintiff could pursue a promissory estoppel claim against Yahoo! based on an employee's promise to take down a false profile, notwithstanding the immunity for interactive computer services in section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Read more here.

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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project blog...

Eric Robinson investigates the case of the blogging juror.
Web of Justice?: Jurors' Use of Social Media   read more »

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project blog...

Kimberley Isbell takes a look at the new IOC blogging regulations.
IOC: All Your Blog Are Belong to Us 

Sam Bayard has questions for Zero Hedge blogger.
Merrill Lynch to Financial Blogger: Don't Quote Our Bearish Reports

David Ardia has a follow-up on the State AGs v. Craigslist grudge match.
Craigslist Dropping 'Erotic Services' Section, No Word On Whether State AGs Will Drop Their Bullhorns

Sam Bayard celebrates the ability to freely distribute photos of Bo the First Dog.
White House Drops License Restrictions on Photos, Flickr Stream Now in Public Domain

David Ardia highlights some news items that escaped the attention of CMLP's bloggers last week.
News Links   read more »

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project blog...

Kimberley Isbell surveys this week's discussions on the future of journalism.
The Future of Journalism and How to Start It

Marc Randazza reports on this week's Section 230 opinion from the Ninth Circuit.
Barnes v. Yahoo: Section 230 Does Not Insulate Online Service Provider From Contractual Liability

Eric Robinson has a warning for content creators: avoid the online equivalent of throwing a shoe in the Middle East.
Lesson of "Communist" Libel Cases in Vietnamese Community: Know Your Audience

Sam Bayard reminds the South Carolina Attorney General about a little thing called the First Amendment.
South Carolina Attorney General Threatens Craigslist With Criminal Prosecution Over User Content   read more »

Welcome to the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, legal threat entries, and other new content on the Citizen Media Law Project's website. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the CMLP or registered on our site, www.citmedialaw.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this email or by going to http://www.citmedialaw.org/newsletter/subscriptions.

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News from the Citizen Media Law Project...

This week, we launched a cool 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.  We've also added some detailed background on Section 230, links to our legal guide materials, and feeds showing recent legal threats from our database, CMLP blog posts, and news from other websites.  The page also has a list of outside resources and will soon host a compendium of Section 230's legislative history.

We hope that this new page will help citizen media and other online publishers conveniently access the diverse and ever-increasing materials and commentary on our site and across the Web relating to Section 230 and provide useful context for understanding the statute and the debates surrounding it.   read more »