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government continues task to bring Internet freedom to repressed countries . In the news . . .
New shape to the Internet on the way?
U.S. Meanwhile, recent amendment to British law may head the other direction.
JetLawBlog
- Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunstein calls for “cognitive infiltration” of dissident groups
Sunstein takes a page out of the Bush administration’s playbook and suggests that the government should engage in “cognitive infiltration” of disfavored political groups. (source)
Cass Cass Sunstein, drunk with his little thimbleful of power he got by being given a job in the Obama administration is really letting his statist colors show through. source)
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The Legal Satyricon
- Sunday, March 7, 2010
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Privacy Wars: Netflix, Facebook and the 'Brokeback Mountain Effect'
Tags: Facebook Government Litigation Privac By Eriq Gardner Will "Brokeback Mountain" shape rules concerning the responsibility of websites to guard user privacy? The debate over privacy on the Internet got much louder yesterday when a group of privacy advocate organizations filed a complaint with the...
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Is Arnold's new anti-paparazzi law unconstitutional?
Tags: Celebrity Free Speech Government Media Privac By Eriq Gardner Since giving up an acting career for life in California's governor's mansion, Arnold Schwarzenegger has made it one of his political missions to make life tough for intrusive paparazzi. Schwarzenegger has enacted laws that expand privacy protections...
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UCC, Not Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, Governs Formation of Contract by Exchange of E-Mails
The court rejected that argument and stressed that the issue of contract formation is governed by Article 2 the Uniform Commercial Code (in the case of a transactions in goods), not by the provisions of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act was adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1999. Both the UETA and its companion federal enactment, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act , Pub.L.
New Media and Technology Law
- Monday, September 8, 2008
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Access To Government Information
Vincent Kazmierski, Carleton University Department of Law, has published "Something to Talk About: Is There a Charter Right to Access Government Information?" in volume 31 of the Dalhousie Law Journal. Here is the abstract. Can sections 2(b) and 3 o
Media Law Prof Blog
- Monday, June 8, 2009
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Report: US military going rogue for online content
Tags: Copyright Government Pirac By Eriq Gardner There's been a lot of heated debate lately about copyright laws and Hollywood's reaction to file-sharing on digital networks. Industry veterans are accustomed to sticking up for the rights of content owners and usually take heated rhetoric...
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FTC offers mixed message on celebrity endorsements
Tags: Advertising Celebrity Governmen By Eriq Gardner It's no secret that celebrities get perks for being famous. Free clothes, cutting-edge technology, tickets to hot events. Question of the day: Should the FTC give celebrities more latitude than non-celebrities in disclosing these perks? Ever since...
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Radio public performance bill passes Senate committee
Tags: Government Hollywood Docke By Eriq Gardner The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make radio stations pay songwriters fees for the public performance of sound recordings. Another version of this controversial bill has already passed the House of Representatives Judiciary...
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Healthcare reform legislation to include government subsidies for voodoo, zombie repellent, and werewolf patrols
Okay, not really… but this is just as preposterous.
The The “Christian Science” church teaches that we should forget about all that silly medicine stuff. Asking our imaginary buddy, Jesus, to heal us is all the medicine we need. There was a time when Christian Science paraded its children off to the graveyard, [...]
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The Legal Satyricon
- Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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What does Obama's Supreme Court nominee think of Hollywood?
Tags: Decisions Roundup Free Speech Government Labor Lawyers, Miscellaneou By Eriq Gardner Sonia Sotomayor's inspiring journey from a public housing project in the South Bronx to potentially being the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court would make an excellent movie. But now that President Obama has taapped the Federal...
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Meanwhile, that guy who wasn't sworn in today...
Tags: Right of Publicity Litigation Government Free Speech Copyrigh By Eriq Gardner Today, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Meanwhile, a legal battle rages on for Obama's defeated foe, John McCain.No, not for high office. That race is obviously long over.
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