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Internet rights battles don't end with SOPA - February 2012 newsletter

What an amazing time for Internet rights!  Millions of internet users and creators like you put a stop to the Stop Online Piracyi Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) in Congress.  These laws threatened free speech and innovation by allowing blocking of entire web services due to infringing content posted on a single webpage. 

You have the power to shape the future of a free and open internet, but Internet rights battles don't end with SOPA & PIPA. Wireless carriers, large media companies, and other gatekeepers continue to find ways to artificially limit your ability to access services and share content online. Our February newsletter explains how NMR has been working tirelessly on behalf of internet users, creators and consumers in the new year.

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How we helped a local filmmaker & our guide for filesharing defendants
September Newsletter: Success stories, challenging AT&T, and Blogworld 2011

Our September newsletter brings news of success stories fighting DMCAi abuse, a grant awarded by the California Consumer Protection Foundation, and our continuing efforts to stop the AT&T-Tmobile merger. 

You can also catch us in person at Media Law in the Digital Age in October, a conference coproduced by Harvard Berkman Center's Digital Media Law Project and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University, as well as Blogworld 2011 in LA in November.

July Newsletter: New Media Rights takes on the Future of Media Report and AT&T T-Mobile merger

Our July newsletter focuses on New Media Rights work on the Future of Media Report as well as our comments to the California Broadband Council on consumers need for them to set higher goals. Check out New Media Rights in the media, our take on YouTube rolling out Creative Commons Licenses and remix artist Kirby Ferguson's work.

June Newsletter: New Media Rights defends consumers by opposing AT&T T-mobile merger

Please DONATE to us as an important way of supporting NMR pro-bono legal assistance, advocacy and educational resources! We want to continue defending your consumer and digital rights at California and national agencies such as the CPUC and FCCi, your donations make this possible.

April 2011 Newsletter: Success Stories and Advocacy

In our latest newsletter we highlight our brand new centers. The Stories Center and Policy Center focus on the way we help individuals with one-to-one assistance and advocate for better media policy that will benefit people sharing and creating online. 

February 2011 Newsletter: bridging communities at Drumbeat San Diego and legal trends in indy media

Bridging communities at Drumbeat San Diego and current legal trends for independent media

Latest on Drumbeat San Diego and our Free Movie Screening on October 25th - October Newsletter

Read about the latest news about how Drumbeat San Diego is coming together, some of the latest Drumbeat projects and our policy work on fighting the Comcast-NBC merger.

Learn how blogs & websites are protected from liability for third party content - August Newsletter

Our August newsletter offers up a wide variety of new resources including guides on CDA 230, net neutrality closed door discussions and more on Drumbeat San Diego. If you would like to receive newsletters sign up on the site here.

July 2010 Newsletter

New Media Rights is planning a San Diego event with Mozilla's Drumbeat Initiative, as well as our latest efforts in media policy advocacy, featured article Bros. Icing Bros and much much more !