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The Government Responds to the DMLP Amicus Brief in United States v. Auernheimer

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On Friday, the Department of Justice filed its appellee brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in United States v. Auernheimer.

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Florida Bill Targets “Mugshot Websites,” Hits Crime Reporting

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A new bill proposed by Florida legislator Carl Zimmermann seeks to end “mugshot websites,” a relatively new industry that exploits the marriage of the internet and open records laws in order to make a profit.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Panel and Fundraiser for "Without My Consent"

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We would like to congratulate Without My Consent on its one-year anniversary, and announce an exciting event in celebration!

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From Accident Photos to the White House: Contesting Photo Use in Newspaper Merchandise Sales

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Take a moment to explore your daily newspaper's webpage. You'll likely find recent articles and archives, video materials, job postings, classifieds, sidebars with advertisements, various forms of social media integration, and, most surprisingly (or perhaps not, considering the financial challenges journalism faces), a store.

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When Art Imitates Life: Suing for Defamation in Fiction

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CMLP received an email from a novelist asking us how far she can take the advice, "write what you know." Would she risk being sued for libel if she based a character in her fictional work on a person she knows and dislikes in real life? Could she be held accountable if her fictional work were actually semi-autobiographical and described not only her own real-life actions, but also those taken by others?

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The Catsouras Photos: Will a Family's Privacy Interest Impede Press Access?

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The tragic story of Nikki Catsouras continues. I considered not giving yet more attention to the horrific accident photos she is now most known for, but the case still elicits a great deal of emotion and for that very reason it's important to address the law that is being decided in California. 

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The Borings Are Back! Lawsuit Against Google Revived on Trespassing Theory

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Of all the crazy things I've seen on the Street View feature of Google Maps, including house fires,

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First Amendment Protects TechCrunch's Publication of (Some) Hacked Twitter Documents

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There's an interesting debate afoot about TechCrunch's decision to publish selected documents it received from someone who hacked into the email accounts of Twitter CEO Evan Williams and other Twitter employees.

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Crime Online May Mean More Time

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In Hawaii, a 22-year-old former hospital worker was recently sentenced to one year in jail, five years probation and 200 hours of community service on a felony charge of "unauthorized computer access to confidential records" (apparently under Haw. Rev. Stat.

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California Court Rules That MySpace Postings Aren't Private

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A California appellate court ruled last week that a young woman could not recover for invasion of privacy based on re-publication of material she posted on her MySpace page.

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