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Articles tagged media law (27)

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Joshua Benton    November 8, 2011
Wired releases images via Creative Commons, but reopens a debate on what “noncommercial” means
The complexities of sharing: Does “noncommercial” mean not-for-profit? The absence of ads? Or simply that you’re not selling the work someone else is giving away?
Jonathan Seitz    March 17, 2011
The Duke of Brunswick and the net: The far reaches of British libel law
Nikki Usher    October 19, 2010
Can we make journalism a tax-exempt purpose? Expanding the meaning of nonprofit journalism
Joshua Benton    September 28, 2010
A terrific resource on media law in the Internet age
Joshua Benton    June 23, 2010
The battle lines are being drawn over fair use: Two POVs on the Barclays v. TheFlyOnTheWall.com case
Jonathan Stray    June 16, 2010
What will Iceland’s new media laws mean for journalists?
Mark Coddington    April 30, 2010
This Week in Review: Gizmodo and the shield law, making sense of social data, and the WSJ’s local push
Helen Fu    April 29, 2010
When public records are less than public: How governments try to use copyright to limit access to data
Joshua Benton    March 29, 2010
Journalism’s biggest legal questions examined: Come to Harvard April 9
Mark Coddington    March 26, 2010
This Week in Review: Anonymous news comments, two big media law cases, and a health coverage critique
Sam Bayard    March 25, 2010
The Barclays case: Will “hot news” limit the right to aggregate news?
C.W. Anderson    March 22, 2010
Don’t forget: A few news orgs would still like to make aggregation opt-in
Jonathan Stray    February 25, 2010
Iceland update: Media freedom bill advances
Geanne Rosenberg    October 28, 2009
Geanne Rosenberg: Protections for journalists shouldn’t just apply to the ones collecting paychecks
Michael Andersen    September 30, 2009
The rise of single-serving libel insurance: If it’s good enough for bloggers, why not small newsrooms?
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