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Digital Media Law Project
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
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Cambridge, MA 02138

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Selected Media Appearances and Mentions

• David Uberti, House committee broadens inquiry into Swartz prosecution, Boston Globe, February 28, 2013

• Suzanne Choney, Fan's NASCAR accident video returns to YouTube after takedown, NBCNews.com, February 27, 2013

• Jaikumar Vijayan, Illinois lawmaker hastily pulls bill that would have stripped online anonymity, Computerworld, February 22, 2013

• Tracey Samuelson, The power Library of Congress has on cell phones, NPR Marketplace, January 28, 2013

• Marina Krakovsky, Just the facts, Communications of the ACM, January 2013

• PBS Off Book, Bad Behavior Online: Bullying, Trolling & Free Speech, December 13, 2012

• Emily Alpert, Google opposes German push for search engines to pay newspapers, Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2012

• Snopes, Ballot Box Camera, November 6, 2012

• Louis Beckett, Why It May Be Illegal to Instagram Your Ballot, ProPublica, November 6, 2012

• Mike Masnick, Nutella Nastygrams Restaurant Promoting Its Product, Opens The Door For Competitors, Techdirt, October 18, 2012.

• Andre Mayer, How the courts are curbing YouTube, CBC News, September 28, 2012

• Sheri Qualters, Live streaming project tests boundaries of public access to court proceedings, National Law Journal, September 20, 2012

• Tony Romm, Mitt Romney '47 percent' recording may have been illegal, Politico, September 18, 2012

• Josh Stearns,  The Rise of Ad-Hoc Journalist Support Networks, PBS MediaShift, August 30, 2012

• Boston Public Radio,  Dispatches from the RNC Protest Line, WGBH, August 28, 2012

• Chris Faraone, Officials arm themselves for onslaught of democracy, Boston Phoenix, August 22, 2012

• Eric E. Johnson, Practical Advice for Protest Reporting from Web Chat with Law and Journalism Experts, Blog Law Blog, August 17, 2012

• Ann Friedman, What journalists need to know about animated GIFs - really, Poynter, August 8, 2012

• Erin Geiger Smith, Analysis: Why Twitter apologized over NBC Olympics flap, Reuters, August 3, 2012

• Chris Stein, Trouble for Trolls, The Pacific Northwest Inlander, July 18, 2012

• Mariano Castillo, Argentinian court to Facebook: Delete profile that offended local business, CNN, July 17, 2012

• Adrienne LaFrance, For NBCNews.com, a new website comes with new privacy standards, Nieman Journalism Lab, July 17, 2012

• Free Press, Webinar: Journalist's Safety & Rights (Part 1; Part 2), Spreecast.com, August 16 & 23, 2012

• Eliza Novick-Smith, Can You Defame Someone by Ignoring Them?, On the Media, July 12, 2012

• Rosa Golijan, Airtime: Yes, we look at your video chats - but for your own good, nbcnews.com, June 6, 2012

• Kristin Cantu, Cameras in the Courtroom, MBA Lawyers Journal, June 2012

• Ada Kulesza, Jury Awards $13.8 Million in Internet Defamation Suit, Lawyers.com, May 23, 2012

• Helen A.S. Popkin, Is it illegal to record and post noisy neighbors having sex?, nbcnews.com, May 18, 2012

• Debra E. Blum, Delays by IRS chill news startups, Current.org, May 14, 2012

• Heather Maher, U.S. Judge's Facebook Ruling Gets Thumbs Down From Legal Scholars, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, May 11, 2012

• Sally Duros, Managing risk is first step in getting media insurance, Block By Block, May 10, 2012

• Dan Rather Reports, Taxing News, HDNet, April 10, 2012

• Justin Ellis, Starting a journalism nonprofit? Read this guide first, Nieman Journalism Lab, April 2, 2012

• Alicia Shepard, The iconic photos of Trayvon Martin & George Zimmerman & why you may not see the others, Poynter.org, March 30, 2012

• RadioBoston, SJC Strikes Down Objections To Court Recordings, WBUR, March 14, 2012

• Eric W. Dolan, Judge denies Ron Paul’s request to unmask anonymous YouTube user, The Raw Story, March 11, 2012

• Jeremy Caplan, Practical tips, resources for entrepreneurial journalists with legal questions, Poynter.org, March 1, 2012

• David L. Hudson Jr., Good Cop, Bad Citizen? As Cellphone Recording Increases, Officers Are Uneasy, ABA Journal, March 1, 2012

• John P. Mello Jr., What's a Tweet Worth?, PCWorld, February 19, 2012

• Justin Ellis, Is the AP suing an aggregator or a search engine in the Meltwater case?, Nieman Journalism Lab, February 15, 2012

• Keach Hagey, Journalists reluctant stars in 2012 ads, Politico, February 2, 2012

• Matt Schwartz, with reporting by Eva Talmadge, Fire in the Library, MIT Technology Review, January/February 2012

• Leslie Gornstein, Should the Demi Moore 911 Call Be Public?, E! Online, January 31, 2012

• Jeffrey Hermes, Andrew Sellars and Rob Arcamona, Wiretapping, SOPA, Occupy: 2011 Was a Tumultuous Year in Media Law, PBS MediaShift, December 23, 2011

• Rob Fischer, A Ninja in Our Sites, The American Prospect, December 15, 2011

• Tom Stites, Might the new web journalism model be neither for-profit nor nonprofit?, Nieman Journalism Lab, December 9, 2011

• John Cook, Want to Talk to the CEO of Citigroup? Here’s His Cell Phone Number, Gawker.com, October 14, 2011

• Rebecca J. Rosen, Do Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone?, TheAtlantic.com, October 13, 2011

• Rob Beschizza, Federal Court: recording cops an unambiguous first amendment right, boingboing.net, August 30, 2011

• Adam Clark Estes, Ashton Kutcher Endorses His Investments on Twitter, Too, The Atlantic Wire, August  19, 2011

• Jonathan Bailey, 5 Legal Guides Every Blogger Should Read, The Blog Herald, August 5, 2011

• Greater Boston, Could Your Cell Phone Get You Arrested?, WGBH, June 21, 2011


• Wendy Davis, Righthaven Not Entitled to Sue for Copyright Infringement, MediaPost Online Media Daily, June 15, 2011


• WBUR Morning Edition, News-Gathering Techniques A ‘Core Issue’ In Cellphone Video Case, June 8, 2011


• Legal Talk Network, Lawyer 2 Lawyer: Digital Privacy and Your Smartphone, May 4, 2011


• Jenn Webb, Legally Speaking, Think Before You Tweet, O'Reilly Radar, May 2, 2011


• Al Tompkins, Explosion in Web Sites Drives Need to Offer Free Legal Advice, Poynter Online, March 4, 2011


• Tech Razor, Media Law in the Digital Age Conference Presented by Center for Sustainable Journalism and Berkman Center, October 1, 2010.


• Sarah Randag, Pa. Federal Court Refuses to Force News Website to Unmask Commenters, ABA Journal, March 8, 2010.


• Noam Cohen, A Vision of Iceland as a Haven for Journalists, The New York Times, February 21, 2010


• Douglas MacMillan, News Corp.'s Talks with Microsoft: A Flawed Deal?, BusinessWeek, November 24, 2009


• Laura M. Holson, Short Outbursts on Twitter? #Big Problem, The New York Times, October 8, 2009


• Legal Talk Network, Lawyer 2 Lawyer: Craigslist Legal Scrutiny, May 1, 2009


• Brian Stelter, Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt, New York Times, March 1, 2009


• Aaron C. Davis, Media Need Not Reveal Web Posters' Identities, The Washington Post, February 28, 2009


• Deborah Gage, Web 2.0 defamation lawsuits multiply, San Francisco Chronicle, February 9, 2009


• Robert Weisman, Lawsuit over website links in spotlight, Boston Globe, January 23, 2009


• Adam Cohen, Casting a Ballot, and a Wary Eye, The New York Times, October 27, 2008


• Ben Arnoldy, New media feels heat after Apple misstep, Christian Science Monitor, October 8, 2008


• Jo Napolitano, Does speech law trample on rights?, Chicago Tribune, October 6, 2008


• Stephanie Ebbert, Libel Lawsuit Filed Against Cape Blogger, The Boston Globe, September 8, 2008


• Huma Yusef, Rise in lawsuits against bloggers, Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2008


• Wendy Davis, Court Rules For Blogger In Subpoena Dispute, MediaPost Online Media Daily, April 25, 2008


• Ben Arnoldy, Anonymous Activists Gaining Strength Online, The Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2008


• Jaikumar Vijayan, Rights Groups Seek Court OK to Intervene in Wikileaks Case, The New York Times, February 28, 2008


• Alex Altman, A Coming Chill Over Internet Freedom?, Time, February 20, 2008


• Adam Liptak and Brad Stone, Judge Orders Wikileaks Web Site Shut, The New York Times, February 19, 2008


• Mark Glaser, Traditional Media Ready to Elevate the Conversation Online — with Moderation, Media Shift, January 16, 2008


• Amy Gahran, New FOIA Reforms Help Journos, Bloggers, Poynter Online, January 3, 2008


• Alana Semuels, Newspapers, Bloggers Now on Same Page, Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2007


• Daniel Schultz, Legal Resource for Citizen Journalists, Poynter Online, July 19, 2007


• Carolyn Johnson, $11m Aims to Foster a New Digital ‘Fifth Estate': Handful in Region Get Grants For Proposals in Citizen Journalism, Boston Globe, May 24, 2007