Citizen Media Law Project

News and analysis related to media law and online journalism. Also covers the actions of Harvard's Citizen Media Law project, which provides "legal assistance, education, and resources for individuals and organizations involved in online and citizen media. We also provide research on free speech, newsgathering, intellectual property, and other legal issues related to online speech."

Author: David Ardia is co-founder and director of the Citizen Media Law Project and a fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Sam Bayard is assistant director of CMLP and a Berkman fellow. Kimberley Isbell is a staff attorney at CMLP and a Berkman Fellow. Dan Gillmor is co-founder of CMLP and director of the Center for Citizen Media, which is is jointly affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and the Berkman Center; he is also director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Wendy Seltzer is a research fellow at the University of Colorado School of Law, founder of the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, is on the Citizen Media Law Project board of advisers and authors Wendy's Blog: Legal Tags. Phil Malone is director of the Berkman Center’s Clinical Program in Cyberlaw. Matt Lovell is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. Mary-Rose Papandrea is a law professor at Boston College. Eric P. Robinson is a Staff Attorney at the Media Law Resource Center in New York City. Marc J. Randazza is general counsel at Corbin Fisher and founder of the Randazza Legal Group in San Diego. He also authors The Legal Satyricon. Andrew Moshirnia is a student at Harvard Law school. Arthur Bright is a law student at Boston University.

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Recent Posts from Citizen Media Law Project

Glenn Beck's UDRP Complaint Gets The Smack Down
First Amendment juggernaut Marc Randazza is having a very good week. On Wednesday, Professor Donald Marvin Jones a/k/a the "Nutty Professor" voluntarily dismissed his invasion of privacy lawsuit against Randazza's client Above the Law. Today,…
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Hears Oral Argument in Anti-SLAPP Case
On Monday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) heard oral argument in Fustolo v.Hollander, No. SJC-10485. As you may recall, last month the Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts…
Chamber of Commerce to the Yes Men: We Are Not Amused
What do Tommy Hilfiger, MasterCard, the World Wrestling Federation, and Tom "Scopes monkey trial" Donohue, the President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have in common? Apparently, none of them has a sense of humor…
Senate Puts Bloggers Back in the Federal Shield Bill
On Friday, Senators Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) released a revised version of the proposed federal shield bill (S. 448), which expands the bill's coverage to bloggers and other amateur journalists publishing…
A New Leistungsschutzrecht? Say It's Nicht So!
It's tough being a publisher these days. Of course, no one is having much fun in the current economic downturn, but publishers were up against it even before the slowdown. Circulations have been down across…
You Have Questions? CMLP Has (Tools to Help You Find) Answers.
"How do I get media liability insurance?" It's a question we hear a lot here at CMLP. A lot has been written about why bloggers and other citizen journalists should consider obtaining insurance to protect…
It's Election Time Again: CMLP Announces Updated Guide to Newsgathering at the Polls
Voters head to the polls again on November 3 to cast their ballots in mayoral, city council, and even a handful of gubernatorial elections. In addition, there are some important ballot measures up for consideration,…
The Online Odyssey: Internet Use in the Age of HADOPI's Scylla and Holder's Charybdis
Last week was a tough one for Internet users worldwide. On the foreign front, the French (as predicted) reinstituted a due-process-shattering law that allows ISPs to kick suspected file-sharers off the Internet. On the domestic…
As Politicians Adopt Social Media, They Bump Into the Law
As social media become more popular, it is inevitable that enterprising politicians will use it promote themselves, connect with constituents, and garner votes. The White House has a blog, several Senators and House members tweet,…
Yet Another Plaintiff Faceplant, Thanks to Section 230
I am constantly impressed with plaintiffs' hapless charges against the nearly impenetrable immunity that is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“Section 230”). Time and time again, angry plaintiffs bring suit against websites because some…