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Now Available for Publishers: Group Copyright Registration of Online News Content

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For years, publishers have been without a cost-effective way to register the full content of news media websites. The U.S. Copyright Office recently addressed this need by creating a new "group" registration for online news...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

The Rise of Techno-Journalists: Addressing Plagiarism, Patchwriting, and Excessive Aggregation in the Era of LLMs

[EDRM’s Editor’s Note: This article was first published here on July 16, 2024, and EDRM is grateful to Rob Robinson, editor and managing director of Trusted Partner ComplexDiscovery, for permission to republish.] Complex...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 33 - Framing the Narrative: Journalism's Influence on the Presumption of Innocence

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In this insightful episode, Pulitzer-nominated journalist Mark Di Ionno talks candidly about how the media can affect the court of public opinion for defendants facing criminal accusations. Throughout Mark’s 40+ years of...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Why Quality Legal Insights Take Precedence in Today's Media Landscape with Zack Needles, Editor-in-Chief of Law.com

In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with Zack Needles, Editor-in-Chief of Law.com, to discuss how legal journalism can prepare law firms for emerging trends that could have a major impact on the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Proposes “Priority” Application Review Proposal for Broadcasters Providing Local Journalism

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On January 17, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to prioritize review of certain applications submitted by commercial and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Federal Court Rules Texas Drone Law Not Facially Unconstitutional

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s 2022 ruling on the constitutionality of Texas Chapter 423 law (i.e., the drone law) which restricts the actions of drones. Nat’l Press Photographers...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOJ Broadly Prohibits Seizing Reporters' Records

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Summary - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a new rule sharply limiting government subpoenas that could unmask journalists’ sources....more

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Will Supporters of Press Freedoms and Government Transparency Face Headwinds in the 2023 Texas Legislative Session?

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Because I have had the privilege of testifying on behalf of JW client Texas Association of Broadcasters regarding bills pending in past Texas legislative sessions, I have regularly written about the aftermath of those...more

Butler Snow LLP

Reporting on the U.S. Supreme Court | Greg Stohr | Texas Appellate Law Podcast

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The U.S. Supreme Court always remains newsworthy, but the last few years have brought unprecedented change to the institution and the public’s perception of it. Greg Stohr, the Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg News, has...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Texas Drone Law Unconstitutional

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman struck down a Texas drone law (one of the most restrictive in the U.S.), for violating the First Amendment’s protections of freedom of speech and the press. While there have been other cases...more

Jackson Walker

Texas Federal District Judge: Use of Drones for Newsgathering Protected by First Amendment

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In considering whether a Texas law banning the use of drones for surveillance purposes violates the First Amendment, a federal judge sitting in Austin held the law infringes on the right of journalists to document and...more

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UK Supreme Court ruling in ZXC: radical curtailment of press freedoms or a principled restatement and alignment of existing law...

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On 16 February 2022, in its judgment in Bloomberg LP v ZXC, the UK Supreme Court unanimously held that in general, and as a legitimate starting point, a person under criminal investigation has, prior to being charged, a...more

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Fighting misinformation - EU launches public consultation for the European Media Freedom Act

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According to the European Commission, freedom of expression (one of the pillars of democracy in Europe) is in jeopardy, as governments and private groups increase pressure on the media. The Commission is due to enact a draft...more

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Congress Moves to Protect Journalists from Secret Subpoenas

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Following revelations about secret Trump Administration subpoenas for journalists’ phone and email records, Congress has introduced a bill to curb the government’s power to investigate the news media....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Media Antitrust Exemption Faces Headwinds in Hearing

Sentiment to Strengthen Antitrust Law Gains Strength - The Journalism Competition & Preservation Act, or the JCPA, faced resistance from Committee members and some witnesses, who favored antitrust rules for the tech...more

Jackson Walker

January 6/8

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January 6, 2021, is likely to have a long section in the indices of history books for some time to come. Those of us who fight to uphold press freedom will view it not only as a day that imperiled our legislators and our...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.22.2021 | Top Story: Google Threatens to Pull Search From Down Under Over Proposed Law

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Google has threatened to pull its search engine from the entirety of the Australian continent “if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms.” Facebook...more

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DOL Finalizes New Rule on Independent Contractor Classification

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Following up on its release of a proposed rule issued in September 2020, the DOL finalized new regulations on classifying independent contractors that it suggests will provide clarity for employers. On January 6, 2021, the...more

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Twitter, Facebook, Google Heads Testify on Section 230 and Local Journalism

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On Wednesday, October 28, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a much-anticipated hearing titled, “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?” The witness line-up featured...more

International Lawyers Network

Journalism and copyright: what is protected by copyright law?

In Greece the main legislative instruments regulating copyright and related rights are: - Law 2121/1993 on Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters (the Copyright Law); and - Law 4481/2017 on the Collective...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

ALM's Global Newsroom, Legal Industry Trends, and Diversity with Molly Miller, Chief Content Officer for ALM Media LLC: On Record...

In this episode of On Record PR, host Gina Rubel, Esq. goes on record with Molly Miller, Chief Content Officer for ALM Media LLC, to discuss industry trends, how ALM will use diversity data to report on changes in the market,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Expanded Exemptions For Independent Newspaper Carriers

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On September 30, 2020, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 323 (“AB 323”), which is intended to support local journalism. Part of the new law focuses on California’s official advertising, requiring the Department of General...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Major Italian News Agency Uses Blockchain-Based Label to Verify the Origin of Its Articles

The leading Italian news agency, Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), which represents 24 major Italian newspapers and distributes over 3,000 news articles daily, announced in early April that it has begun using a...more

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Three Point Shot - April 2020

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Welcome to Three Point Shot, a newsletter brought to you by the Sports Law Group at Proskauer. Three Point Shot brings you the latest in sports law-related news and provides you with links to related materials. A special...more

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Judge Denies TRO to Freelance Journalists and Photographers Seeking Relief From California’s Controversial Independent Contractor...

As we wrote here recently, organizations representing freelance journalists and photographers filed suit seeking to enjoin enforcement of California’s controversial independent contractor statute, AB 5, as to them....more

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