Welcome to the third issue of the Citizen Media Law Brief, a weekly newsletter highlighting recent blog posts, media law news, 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...
David Ardia announces launch of CMLP podcast series
CMLP Launching Weekly Podcast Series
Sam Bayard reports on a NY court decision that upholds anonymity rights
New York Court Dismisses Orthomom Defamation Action
Sam Bayard updates the Phoenix New Times matter
Update on Phoenix New Times Case
David Ardia reports on the Open Government Reform Bill in California
Open Government Reform Bill Fails in California
Sam Bayard chimes in on the Phoenix New Times Arrests
Some Thoughts on the Phoenix New Times Arrests
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Other citizen media law news...
Video Professor Sues Critics, Gets Dogpiled by Lawyers
Ars Technica - Fri. 10/26/2007
Fox News v. McCain on Fair Use
Info/Law - Fri. 10/26/2007
Kicking Off the Debate About Free Speech
BBC News - Tues. 10/23/2007
Likelihood of Confusion - Tue, 10/23/2007
Dec 8: Judge Mourad v. Bloggers Final Round
3arabawy - Mon. 10/22/2007
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The full Brief...
"Tomorrow, we will be launching a new podcast series discussing a range
of issues related to citizen media, journalism, and law. We'll continue
the series on a weekly basis each Friday. The podcast series is being
produced by Colin Rhinesmith, the CMLP's new digital media producer. Tomorrow's podcast will cover the new federal shield bill, co-blogging and cease-and-desist letters, and the Phoenix New Times arrests. If you would like to subscribe to the Citizen Media Law Podcast, you can do so on our subscriptions page or by going directly to the podcast feed."
David Ardia, CMLP Launching Weekly Podcast Series
"On Tuesday, October 23, Justice Marcy Friedman of the New York Supreme
Court dismissed a lawsuit seeking discovery from Google (dba Blogger)
regarding the identities of the anonymous operator of the blog "Orthomom"
and an anonymous commenter to the blog. The court's opinion is
potentially important because it addresses the difficult question of
what standard a court should apply when deciding whether to unmask an
anonymous defendent in a defamation action."
Sam Bayard, New York Court Dismisses Orthomom Defamation Action
"As mentioned in our previous post on the Phoenix New Times
arrests, two Phoenix-area news organizations filed a motion on October
19 requesting the Arizona Superior Court to publicly release documents
related to the New Times grand jury investigation, presumably including the subpoena that caused all the ruckus."
Sam Bayard, Update on Phoenix New Times Case
"California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to sign a bill, S.B. 964,
that would have added some teeth to California's open records law and
closed a significant loophole in the state's open meetings law which
allows local government officials to hold discussions without public
scrutiny through serial communications, such as e-mail, telephone, or
intermediaries, provided the discussions do not result in a "collective
concurrence" as to actions to be taken."
David Ardia, Open Government Reform Bill Fails in California
Sam Bayard, Some Thoughts on the Phoenix New Times Arrests
