I have seen a lot of laughable cease and desist letters in my career. Usually they come to my attention when the victim of an overreaching cease and desist posts
This post comes with a soundtrack provided by the Meatmen. Listen to this song as you read this entry. Last week, the FCC imposed a fine of $1.43 million against
I’m not talking about Microsoft, I’m talking about political correctness. Yes, now that the dark ages of Bush conservative censorship are on the wane, we once again see the left
Who taught Wal Mart’s lawyers IP law? The New York Times reports that Wal Mart, Macy’s, and other mega-stores have incompetent counsel who think that sale prices are protected by
Singapore’s Board of Film censors has banned “Mass Effect,” because players have the option of having their female avatar make out with (and feel up) a female alien. Photos after
If censorship were legal and not repugnant to everything I believe in, this editorial by former Judge Michael Chionopoulos would be the first thing I would wipe from the marketplace
USA Today Reports that the FCC has petitioned the Supreme Court for review of Fox v. FCC (prior post here). …FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a longtime supporter of President Bush,
It doesn’t get much better than this (If you like Free Speech) File this under “when will they learn?” Philip J. Smith keeps a blog http://www.jackwhispers.blogspot.com upon which he comments
Sam Bayard at the Citizen Media Project Blog reports: New York Court Dismisses Orthomom Defamation Action On Tuesday, October 23, Justice Marcy Friedman of the New York Supreme Court dismissed
Here in Orlando we have a “police agency” known as MBI. I am not quite certain what MBI is supposed to do with the taxpayers’ money, but I can report
Regarding an earlier blog post on the Bradenton Body Painting issue: Body Paint, The First Amendment, and Student Speech, I was asked to comment on Fox and Friends. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pxg9oa3jSA]
According to Miller v. California, in order for material to be deemed legally obscene, a court must determine the following: Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find
