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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

Eric Menhart Rethinks Trademark Application; Internet Lawyers Still Laughing
The curtain appears to be closing on a what has been a humorous episode in the anals of "cyberlaw." Ron Coleman and Eric Goldman report that...
Pennsylvania Reforms Open Records Law, Loses Distinction as Worst in the Country
Now that the Wikileaks storm has started to subside, it's time for us to catch up on some items that deserve attention (but haven't been getting it from...
Making Sense of the Wikileaks Fiasco: Prior Restraints in the Internet Age
Yesterday, I reported that a federal judge in San Francisco had issued a stunningly broad injunction that brought down Wikileaks.org, a site that is...
International Olympic Committee Thinks Blogging Is Not About Journalism
Ars Technica reports that the International Olympic Committee has lifted its ban on blogging. Athletes competing in Beijing 2008 will be allowed to blog about...

New Threat Entries

ABC v. Spocko
Blogger "Spocko" posted audio clips from a talk radio program on San Francisco-based KSFO-AM on his blog in order to criticize what he viewed as racially insensitive and religioulsy...
Geller v. Sapient (Letter)
Brian Sapient, a member of the "Rational Response Squad," a group which seeks to debunk what it considers irrational beliefs, posted a video on YouTube from the NOVA television program...
Rhode Island Family Court v. Grant
Anne Grant maintains a blog, The Custody Scam, where she "writes about official actions that endanger children and parents trying to protect them." Grant used the blog to write about...
Hilton v. Persa
Paris Hilton sued Bardia Persa, Nabil Haniss, Nabila Haniss, and a number of anonymous defendants in January 2007 for copyright infringement, publication of private facts, and misapproriation of her right...
 
 
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