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First Amendment Handbook
The First Amendment Handbook provides a basic primer on the laws affecting reporters’ rights to gather and disseminate news.Categorized in Content restrictions
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RCFP asks US Supreme Court to stop Georgia from copyrighting state code
RCFP attorneys argue that annotations in Georgia’s official code are essential to helping journalists and the public understand the law.By Emily GaytonCategorized in First Amendment
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Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org
Update: On April 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the annotations in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated are ineligible for…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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American Educational Research Association, Inc. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Education associations brought an action in federal court in D.C. for injunctive relief against Public.Resource.Org ("Public Resource") for copyright infringement…By Jenn TopperCategorized in Content restrictions -
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American Society for Testing and Materials v. Public.Resource.Org
ASTM and other standard development organizations sued Public.Resource.org for copyright infringement after the web site posted standards that had been…By Jenn TopperCategorized in Content restrictions -
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"Dancing Baby" decision on fair use considerations may help and hurt journalists
The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Cir.) to require copyright owners to consider "fair uses" of…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Nine months and counting: the injunction in Garcia v. Google continues to violate the First Amendment
On December 15, the Ninth Circuit will rehear oral argument in a case that has odd facts and has made…Categorized in Prior restraint -
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Garcia v. Google
The Reporters Committee joined a media coalition amicus brief in a case ordering Google to take down a You-Tube video,…By RCFPCategorized in Content restrictions -
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Judge rules news clipping service infringed Associated Press' copyright
Online news aggregation websites that compile and resell news stories without the publisher's permission are committing copyright infringement and are…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Federal appeals court rules against magazine that published copyrighted secret celebrity wedding photos
A federal appellate court ruled that a Spanish-language gossip magazine violated the copyrights of a celebrity couple by publishing private…Categorized in Content restrictions