Comm Law

If this isn’t overturned on appeal, I’ll be shocked. Banning reporters from taking notes in an open hearing is certainly not among the Sheppard remedies. More »

James Cameron may be right. Linda Hamilton’s ex says the industry needs to adapt to technology rather than pin its hopes on copyright enforcement alone. More »

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act faces some potential changes. More »

We’ll get into broadcast regulation after the next test. More »

I would imagine the “disruptive” rule from Bethel v. Fraser and Tinker v. Des Moines would apply here to allow the poetic profanity. Don’t tell the English department, but if it doesn’t rhyme, I don’t think it’s good poetry. More »

Is it your free speech right to deny someone else’s speech? More »

The internationalization of the media creates some problems where media laws vary so widely. This story reports Rolling Stone had to cease Chinese publication after one issue because it didn’t have proper approval.

The author of The Da Vinci Code has won the copyright case against him by authors who wrote a similar book in the 1980s. It was EU copyright law, but I think the same result would arise in America.

Now if he can just learn to write a believable romance scene. More »

A judge denied Barry Bonds’ bid to block the authors and publishers from making money on a book claiming the San Francisco Giants slugger used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, and said Bonds’ suit against them has little chance of success.

The worse news is that Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell may be out for good. More »

A judge has ruled Oregon’s restriction on billboards violates its own constitution. Commercial speech is at the bottom of protected speech, but it’s still protected. More »