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Summer 2006, Volume 11, Number 4

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Table of contents

Major U.S. Newspapers Report On
Classified Financial Tracking Program

Media Leaks
Ruling in Lobbyists Case May Carry Implications for Journalists

Federal Electronic Surveillance Update
Judge Finds NSA Domestic Wiretapping Program Violates Statutory and Constitutional Law
NSA Roundup

Bush Signs Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act; May Increase Fines for Indecent Programming

Government Restrictions on Information
FEMA Reconsiders Policy on Media Access To Victims of Hurricane Katrina

Reporters Forced to Leave Guantanamo Bay


New Jersey Media Ban in Prisons Reversed

Ohio Mayor’s Restriction of Employees’ Speech Does Not Violate Media’s First Amendment Rights

Federal Court Orders Additional Detainee Photos Released

FOIA Updates
FOIA Turns Forty
Government Grant to Study FOIA and Security Questioned

Reporters’ Privilege News
Identity of Leaker in Plame Case Revealed

Court Rules that Libby’s Use of Journalists’ Evidence Must be Limited

Prosecutor May Subpoena New York Times Phone Records

Freelance Reporter and Human Rights Activist Not Required
To Surrender Notes, Other Documents to City


Court of Appeals Orders Freelance Journalist To Hand Over Videotape

Appeals Court Finds That Bloggers Have
Same Protection As Journalists, Newsgatherers

Newsroom Searches
Newsrooms in Alaska Searched Following Fight in Anchorage
Pennsylvania’s Intelligencer Journal’s Hard Drives Seized

Warrant to Search Reporter’s Home Upheld

Copyright Updates
District Court Rules That Companies Editing Movies for Family Viewing Violate Copyright Law

Settlement Reached in Kazaa Lawsuit

Free Speech Stifled
Brigham Young University Professor Fired for Writing Editorial
Kansas City Royals Attempt to Stifle Reporters

Libel/Defamation
Anonymous Blogger Sued for Libel

Neutral Reportage
Norton v. Glenn Settled

Internet Updates
Global Online Freedom Act

Privacy News
Minnesota Governor Pushes For Stronger Controls of Personal Information

Media Ethics
Minnesota Attorney General Files News Council Complaint Over Press Inquiries About Gubernatorial Campaign Controversy

Closed Meetings Precede Katie Couric’s
Ascent to Anchor of CBS “Evening News”


Italian Magazine Editor May Face Jail Time
For Publishing Diana’s Death Scene Photo

UK Press Complaints Commission Issues Guidelines to Help Prevent Copycat Suicides

 

 


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