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The Government Responds to the DMLP Amicus Brief in United States v. Auernheimer

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On Friday, the Department of Justice filed its appellee brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in United States v. Auernheimer.

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A Click is Worth a Thousand Words: Fourth Circuit Sees the Value of a "Like"

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On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in Bland v.

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Real or Fake, It's Protected by the First Amendment: Court Awards Fees in "Storage Wars" Case

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StorageA California court recently held that an allegedly fake reality television show can be an expression of free speech that warrants protection under the First Amendment.

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Metadata Surveillance, Secrecy, and Political Liberty (Part Two)

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(This is the second part of a two-part post. In Part One, Bryce Newell examined the implications of government collection and analysis of metadata relating to electronic communications. Today, Bryce picks up from where he left off, considering the implications of government surveillance under different conceptions of freedom.)

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Metadata Surveillance, Secrecy, and Political Liberty (Part One)

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(Following on from Rebekah Bradway's post last week regarding government-created metadata as public records, we are pleased to present a two-part post from Bryce Newell on the role of metadata in government surveillance. -- Ed.)

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DMLP files brief seeking First Amendment scrutiny in United States v. Auernheimer

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Yesterday the Digital Media Law Project, with help from the Cyberlaw Clinic, filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in United States v.

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The Podcast Patent: Ripping Through, and Ripping Up, the Airwaves

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PodcastA Texas company is causing a stir with a claim that it has a patent

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France Soon to Say "Get Lost" to its Criminal Offense to the President Law

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The Legal Committee of France's Chamber of Representatives voted unanimously on March 27 to propose to repeal the offense of insulting the President of the Republic, which is still a crime under article 26 of the French Press law. French Representatives will now vote on April 18 to adopt the proposal to repeal article 26, then will send the proposal to the Senate.

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RT the Hate: France and Twitter Censorship, Part Two

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Last October I wrote about the rise in popularity among French Twitter users of the hashtag #unbonjuif ("a good jew"). In December we saw a growth in other offensive hashtags, including the homophobic #Simonfilsestgay, ("if my son is gay") or the xenophobic #SimaFilleRamèneUnNoir ("if my daughter brings a Black man home").

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