Davis, W. (2010, November 9). FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Online 11/11/2009. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117202
Davis includes perspectives from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Center for Democracy & Technology & others. The FTC has scheduled discussions on this issue for December 7th: see: Exploring Privacy: a Roundtable Series (12/7/09)
Archive for the ‘Legal Studies’ Category
MediaPost: FTC urged to limit online data collection
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Media Law Prof Blog: new Media Legal Defence Initiative
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies on November 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Corcos, C. (2009, November 9). New Lawyers’ Group Works To Help Journalists. Media Law Prof Blog. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2009/11/new-lawyers-group-works-to-help-journalists.html
International non-profit based in London that helps journalists by paying for legal fees and offering free legal advice. Take a look at the Media Legal Defence Initiative.
CMLP: Glenn Beck’s UDRP Complaint gets the smack down
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Bayard, S. (2009, November 6). Glenn Beck’s UDRP Complaint Gets The Smack Down. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/glenn-becks-udrp-complaint-gets-smack-down
The UDRP is apparently the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy from ICANN. Someone named a website: glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com (site did not link for me). The reason for the take-down may be [...]
TimesOnline: Politkovskaya’s lawyer shot dead in Moscow
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Naughton, P. (2009, January 19). Anna Politkovskaya’s lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow – Times Online. TimesOnline.co.uk. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5547721.ece (seen on Media Law Prof Blog).
To learn more about Anna Politkovskaya, check out the DVD Letter to Anna: DVD 5793.
paidContent: Big Media Merger: Comcast-NBC deal depends on Vivendi
Posted in InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Television on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Kramer, S. D. (2009, November 8). The Latest On Comcast-NBC: Waiting For Vivendi | paidContent. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-latest-on-comcast-nbc-waiting-for-vivendi/
Kramer notes that, “The fastest estimate for regulatory approval is eight months..”
CJR: FCC taps Waldman to study the “State of the Media”
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Garber, M. (2009, October 29). FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media” : CJR. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fcc_taps_waldman_to_study_stat.php?page=all
CJR cites Waldman’s blog Beliefnet. The FCC have a post at 10/28/09, “Steven Waldman Named to Lead Commission Effort on Future of Media in a Changing Technological Landscape” (pdf).
RCFP: Senators announce compromise on federal shield
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Schrimpf, A. (2009, October 30). Senators announce compromise on federal shield bill. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11091
Wow, this may just happen!
iTunes may offer pay-tv service; Google phone bill
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Television on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Friedman, W. (2009, November 1). iTunes May Offer Pay-TV Service. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116652
From paragraph 2:
A new subscription service would turn iTunes into a pseudo cable and satellite TV operator — a company that charges monthly fees for traditional TV/cable networks. The difference is that iTunes service would be sans advertising. [...]
Center for Social Media: August Newsletter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Here is the August 2009 CSM Newsletter. I learned about the video posted below by reading it. Here is the greetings:
Greetings,
It’s official –the dates of our annual Making Your Media Conference are Feb. 11-12. Mark your calendars!
Our 10th annual Human Rights Film Series brought packed houses for screenings of As We Forgive, Burma VJ, [...]
Tortured Law (Alliance for Justice)
Posted in Culture and Communications, Legal Studies on November 2, 2009 | Comments Off
“Tortured Law, a new 10-minute documentary by Alliance for Justice, examines the role U.S. lawyers played in authorizing torture. Join those calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to release the report of the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, and hold accountable those who ordered, designed, and justified torture.” — description from YouTube, links added by [...]
Bill in Congress proposes free access to CRS reports
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
From an email by Patrice McDermott at OpentheGovernment.org (posted by Mary Mallory, UIUC Library to alacoun@ala.org, 10/29/09):
We need your help to urge Congress to provide free online access to taxpayer-funded Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports!
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) uses taxpayer dollars to produce excellent reports on public policy issues ranging from foreign affairs, to [...]
LexisNexis: Scheduled maintenance outage Oct 31st
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From Alistair Morrison, Product Manager:
All LexisNexis online products will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time. While we have scheduled the outage at time of relatively [...]
Variety: FCC ISP rules
Posted in Communications Management &Design, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Television on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Littleton, Cynthia. (2009, October 22). Biz eyes FCC’s moves online – Entertainment News, Technology News, Media – Variety. Variety. Retrieved October 23, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010285.html?categoryId=1009&cs=1&nid=2248
A quote from Littleton’s lede:
The FCC on Thursday began the formal process of establishing a set of “rules for the road” for Internet service providers, setting off a policy debate that [...]
Creative Commons: Commoner Letter #1: Mohamed Nanabhay of Al Jazeera
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 13, 2009 | Comments Off
From: Creative Commons, Commoner Letter #1, 10/7/2009
I enjoyed reading Mohamad Nanabhay’s post to the Commoner Letter of Creative Commons. He announced the release of footage on the War on Gaza. Take a look. I’ve added this resource to my research guides for Culture & Communications, Journalism, Television and Radio.
CMLP: New FTC rules aim to kill the buzz on blogs
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Robinson, E. (2009, October 8). New FTC Rules Aim to Kill the Buzz on Blogs. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/new-ftc-rules-aim-kill-buzz-blogs.
Robinson explains the new guidelines (not rules), their application and definition, and concerns.
Michael Moore tips hat to R.U. Grad Sparanese
Posted in Legal Studies, Library News, Television on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Chadwick, J. (2009, October 5). Michael Moore Tips His Hat to Rutgers Graduate —. Rutgers FOCUS. Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://news.rutgers.edu/focus/issue.2009-09-21.7408167606/article.2009-10-02.4887745794.
You go, girl. A fellow graduate of the school formerly known as SCILS.
Of course we have Stupid White Men and Other Excuses for the State of the Nation as well as Triple Cross by [...]
NYTimes: Nov. 9 deadline for Google Book Settlement
Posted in InfoTech, Legal Studies on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Rich, M. (2009, October 7). Judge sets Nov. 9 deadline for revised Google Book settlement. NYTimes.com / Media Decoder. Retrieved from http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/judge-sets-nov-9-deadline-for-revised-google-book-settlement/.
Major or minor amendments, comments or no comments, everyone is waiting on the revised settlement….
RCFP: FTC guidelines may call to question who is a journalist
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Public Relations on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Ericson, B. (2009, October 7). RCFP: New FTC guidelines may affect electronic journalists. Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11055.
Legal definitions of a “journalist” are still being worked out in the law. That I understand. I don’t understand Duke UP’s complaint!:
Howard, J. (2009, October 7). The [...]
MediaPost: FTC &bloggers, journalists; FTC & ad education, kids
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy on October 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Davis, W. (2009, October 6). Swag The Dog: FTC Rules Bloggers Should Disclose Freebies. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 6, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114860.
Greenberg, K. (n.d.). FTC Plans Effort To Educate Kids About Advertising. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 6, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114823.
MediaPost: media law updates
Posted in Communications Management &Design, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on October 5, 2009 | Comments Off
There were a number of good articles from MediaPost today:
Davis, W. (2009, October 5). GOP: Neutrality Rules Will Thwart Broadband Investment. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114776.
Davis, W. (2009, October 2). Bid To Unmask Anonymous Commenters Withdrawn. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114771.
Friedman, W., & Goetzl, D. (2009, October 2). Analysts: [...]
