defamation

You Don’t Need an Implied License if it’s Explicit

by Laura Bergus June 25, 2010 Podcasts

Episode 14: studying for the bar exam, RSS and copyright, Lessig’s attempt to amend the Constitution, life as a married law student, & more. When Larry Lessig tries to amend the US Constitution, Josh and Laura realize they should have paid attention in civics class. Also, Josh is deep into bar prep, Laura is working [...]

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Glenn Beck, Parody, and Trademark

by Sean McGilvray September 16, 2009 Legal

When did you stop beating your wife? When will conservative media pundit Glenn Beck deny that he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990? There is no right answer to either question, but a satirical website dedicated to taking the Fox News commentator down a peg or two now finds itself on the wrong [...]

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Defamation Based on Blogging is a Scary Slippery Slope

by Laura Bergus August 20, 2009 Legal

You might have heard that Google has been ordered to hand over the identity of an anonymous Blogger user so that person can face a civil law suit for posting disparraging comments about a fashion model. The blog was called NYC Skanks (since removed from the interwebs) and reportedly called this model words like “ho” and “skank.” Despite the irony [...]

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Courtney Love Sued for Tweeting

by Joshua Auriemma March 30, 2009 News

Be careful what you say on the internet — even if you only have 140 characters with which to say it.  Up and coming fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, also known as Boudoir Queen, recently filed suit against Courtney Love for, inter alia, defamation via Twitter. While Love is hardly the only celebrity tweeting nowadays, she [...]

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First Amendment CAN Trump Anonymous Libel After All

by Joshua Auriemma March 2, 2009 Legal Decisions

Ars Technica published a story today exploring a recent Maryland Court of Appeals decision calling for a First Amendment inquiry before compelling websites to turn over the information of anonymous posters accused of libel. Apparently, the anonymous posters won on a minor technicality (they didn’t actually make the posts that they were acused of making).  [...]

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