Artists who use others’ work could be fined or have their websites shut down washington, dc. A bill being considered by a House of Representatives committee last month could divide the art world into two camps: those who want to protect their creations from being used online and those who like to use the work of others.
Flamboyant as usual, Sacramento defense attorney Linda Parisi made her way up and down the courthouse elevator Friday between two cases that seemingly placed her on opposite sides of the First Amendment.
By Douglas Kennedy | FoxNews.com Erich Campbell thought he was being helpful. The Florida Highway patrolman thought he was being obnoxious and disrespectful and gave him a $101 fine. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Campbell as he paced next to Veterans Highway in Tampa, Fla. “I was in complete disbelief.” Campbell’s crime? He flashed his [...]
By Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle Under pressure from a conservative free-speech group, University of California officials have reimbursed campus Republicans in Santa Barbara for hosting a speaker who claims Muslim extremists and left-wingers are infiltrating the classroom. The UC Santa Barbara student government balked at the Republican group’s request for $1,800 to pay [...]
By Meredith Jessup, The Blaze Why is Hank Williams Jr. being punished for having an opinion? As we’ve reported, Williams came under fire Monday after criticizing President Obama and House Speaker Boehner’s recent golf match. The two ideologically opposed politicians meeting on the golf course was a mistake, Williams noted. “That would be like Hitler [...]
By Mona Shadia, Los Angeles Times A UC Irvine professor overstepped his boundaries when he told students that no disruptions were allowed during the Israeli ambassador’s visit on campus last year, according to testimony given Wednesday in the so-called Irvine 11 trial in Santa Ana. UC Irvine professor Rei Terada, an expert on the history [...]
‘Don’t touch my junk,’ is taking on new meaning.
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1 (UPI) — A bitter, divorced Pennsylvania man’s blog has triggered a free-speech debate, officials say.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 27 that states cannot forbid the sale or rental of video games to children, it punctuated two terms remarkable for the court’s support for free expression – in cases remarkable for speech that many, if not most, of us really, really dislike.
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A pair of unlikely political allies has succeeded in sinking an ordinance that restricted when and where pamphlets could be handed out in front of a Northern California city library.
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