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Scope of Communications Decency Act Section 230 Immunity

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 11:42

Elements Required for Section 230 Immunity

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 10:00

Guide to online publishing liability immunity under the Communications Decency Act Section 230

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 09:57

New Media Rights and UCAN file Comments in FCC Broadband Reclassification Proceeding

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 15:23

New Media Rights FCC comments on Broadband Legal Framework and the "Third Way"

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 10:51

New Media Rights' comments to the FCCⁱ on the broadband legal framework and the "Third Way" include:

Discussion of concerns regarding content level regulation and its affect on the generativity of the internet as well as copyright regulation.

Classification of terrestrial wireless broadband services and its impact on Consumer Protection.

Legal and Procedural Considerations Regarding the “Third Way”

Legal guide to video releases & the use and publication of Audio and Video Recordings

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 16:42

This guide deals with the use and publication of recordings. Once you've lawfully obtained a video or audio recording, how you intend to use and publish the recording can effect your legal liability.

This guide addresses the question of whether or not a release wavier may be needed for certain uses of a recording you have made.

Best Practices for Creative Commons attributions - how to attribute works you reuse under a Creative Commons license

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 13:49

Find out how to site or source creative commons work. Creative commons work allows you to share, remix and reuse legally, just make sure to check out what license it is under.

“creative commons” by Flikr user libraryman used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

Field Guide to Secret Audio and Video Recordings

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 13:49

California AB 632 - misguided legislation would overburden social media and undermine user privacy

Submitted by art neill on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 12:26

"Wrong Way ... Way Wrong" by Bob Fornal CC BY-NC-SA

The California Legislature is considering a bill from Assemblymember Davis regarding "Internet-based social networking: privacy" that is wrong for social media websites large and small, and does little to protect their users. The Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media passed a slightly improved version of the bill on March 31, 2009 (5 to 3), which means it is on to the Judiciary Committee, where it hopefully will be stopped.

New Media Rights defends consumer website UCAN.org from overreaching trademark enforcement by AskHal.com

Submitted by art neill on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 12:05

New Media Rights defended UCAN.org when it was recently asked to cease and desist from using the term "Ask Hal" for its free Q&A dear abby style auto fraud service.

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