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The latest from the Citizen Media Law Project...
Sam Bayard comments on YouTube's suspension of an Egyptian blogger.
YouTube Suspends Account of Prominent Egyptian Blogger and Anti-Torture Activist
Sam Bayard points to another big victory for anonymous speech.
Mobilisa v. Doe: Another Big Win for Anonymous Speech Online
David Ardia comments on the lawsuit against a local news site in Vermont.
Libel Lawsuit Filed Against iBrattleboro Founders Grotke & LePage
David Ardia looks at Missouri's online harassment law after teenager's suicide.
Missouri Town Makes Online Harassment a Crime After Megan Meier's Suicide
Sam Bayard elaborates on libel and user-generated content.
CNET on Libel and User-Generated Content
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Other citizen media law news...
Egypt - Journalists and bloggers arrested and censored
Reporters Without Borders - Thurs. 11/29/07
DMCA-style laws coming to Canada, Switzerland
Ars Technica - Thurs. 11/29/07
From the Why-a-GC-from-Cravath-is-great Department: The lawsuit is over
Lessig Blog - Wed. 11/28/07
State Judge Apparently Demands that YouTube Takedown a Video of His Campaign Speech
Volokh Conspiracy - Wed. 11/29/07
When
Do TV Show Titles Violate Trademark Law?
Hollywood Reporter - Thur. 11/15/07
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Recent threats added to the CMLP database...
Ubisoft v. Kyanka
Posted November 29th, 2007
Jews for Jesus v. Google
Posted November 29th, 2007
Massachusetts State Police v. Jean
Posted November 29th, 2007
Facebook v. Jon Swift
Posted November 29th, 2007
Mayhew v. Dunn
Posted November 28th, 2007
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The full Brief...
"I've blogged before
about Wael Abbas, an Egyptian blogger and political activist who has
gained renown by, among other things, posting videos on YouTube
revealing brutal scenes of torture from inside Egypt's police stations.
According to Reuters Africa, YouTube has recently suspended Abbas's account due to complaints about the content of his postings."
Sam Bayard, YouTube Suspends Account of Prominent Egyptian Blogger and Anti-Torture Activist
"An Arizona appellate court handed down an important decision yesterday in Mobilisa, Inc. v. Doe,
1 CA-CV 06-521 (Ariz. Ct. App. Nov. 27, 2007), a case involving the
thorny legal question of what standard should govern requests for
discovery of the identity of an anonymous Internet speaker whose speech
allegedly violated a plaintiff's rights"
Sam Bayard, Mobilisa v. Doe: Another Big Win for Anonymous Speech Online
"Chris Grotke and Lise LePage, co-founders and owners of iBrattleboro.com, a widely acclaimed citizen journalism site based in Brattleboro, Vermont, were sued
on November 16 for libel based on a comment submitted by one of the
site's users. The lawsuit, brought by Effie Mayhew, alleges that David
Dunn, the former executive director of Rescue Inc., an emergency medical services organization where Mayhew works as a volunteer, libeled her in a comment on the site."
David Ardia, Libel Lawsuit Filed Against iBrattleboro Founders Grotke & LePage
"City officials in Dardenne Prairie,
Missouri unanimously passed a measure on November 21 making online
harassment a crime, punishable by up to a $500 fine and 90 days in
jail. The city's six-member Board of Aldermen passed the ordinance in
response to 13-year-old Megan Meier's suicide."
David Ardia, Missouri Town Makes Online Harassment a Crime After Megan Meier's Suicide
Sam Bayard, CNET on Libel and User-Generated Content
