Media Law Prof Blog

Features news, issues and analysis related to media law topics.

Author: Christine A. Corcos, an associate professor of law at Louisiana State University, edits the Media Law Prof Blog, which is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.

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Recent Posts from Media Law Prof Blog

New Lawyers' Group Works To Help Journalists
The Media Legal Defence Initiative has started up to assist journalists and press freedom. Check out its work here.
Cuban Blogger Says Cuban Government Agents Detained, Assaulted Her
A leading Cuban blogger,Yoani Sanchez, says government agents abducted her and another dissident, assaulted and threatened them if they didn't stop criticizing the government, and then let them go. Ms. Sanchez blogs at Generation Y.…
U. S. Publishers May Desert English Newsstands
A warning to Parliament that U.S. newspapers may soon be unavailable in print form in England, because of the high cost of defending defamation lawsuits. Said a report to the House of Commons Committe, "…
The Father of the Modern First Amendment
Ronald K. L. Collins, First Amendment Center, has published "Prologue: Justice Holmes - Father of the Modern First Amendment," from The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle & Reader: Selections From the Opinions, Books, Articles,…
Suspect Confesses To Killings of Russian Human Rights Attorney, Journalist
The AP reports that one man has confessed to the murders of human rights attorney Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated in 2006, was one of Mr. Markelov's clients.…
Law Prof Plaintiff Drops Suit Against Blog
University of Miami Law prof Donald Jones has dropped a false light lawsuit against the blog Above the Law less than two weeks after filing it. Professor Jones objected to posts the blog had run…
Protecting Falsity in Free Speech Doctrine
Frederick Schauer, University of Virginia School of Law, has published "Facts and the First Amendment (the Melville Nimmer Memorial Lecture)," in volume 57 of the UCLA Law Review (2010). Here is the abstract. A pervasive…
The Money In Online Harassment
Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina School of Law, has published "Internet Defamation as Profit Center: The Monetization of Online Harassment," in volume 32 of the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender (2009). Here is…
The Common Law of Free Speech
Lawrence Rosenthal, Chapman University School of Law, has published "First Amendment Investigations and the Inescapable Pragmatism of the Common Law of Free Speech," as Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 09-36. Here is the abstract.…
The Interaction of Human Rights Law and IP Law
Molly Beutz Land, New York Law School, has published "Intellectual Property Rights and the Right to Participate in Cultural Life." Here is the abstract. Although many contend that human rights law is a justification for…