Category: legal

Woman receives $117,500 in settlement after being arrested for recording police

Liron Samuels

An Illinois woman, who was arrested and charges were filed against her after she recorded police officers on her friend’s property without their consent, decided to fight back and stand up for her rights. Ironically enough the officers themselves were not given permission to enter the property in the first place. Additionally, the Illinois Eavesdropping […]

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PETA lawsuit claims famous monkey owns the selfie copyright

Liron Samuels

Remember the macaque monkey who snapped a few selfies that went wildly viral back in 2011? While photographer David Slater and Wikipedia argued about whether or not the photographer owned the copyrights, and the U.S. Copyright Office also chimed in, there’s now a third party involved – with an entirely new claim. PETA (People for […]

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Sex offenders in Switzerland will have their pixelated photos published… And then unpixelated…

Liron Samuels

Swiss police came up with a new, and highly controversial, plan to get suspects to turn themselves in. According to Ha’aretz newspaper, the police will release a pixelated photo of suspects to the media, along with a message warning that unless they turn themselves in within a week, unpixelated photos will be published and the […]

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Justice Breyer explains to Stephen Colbert why cameras are banned in the Supreme Court

Liron Samuels

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer took a break from the courtroom to promote his new book on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”. The book was only briefly mentioned but Colbert took the opportunity to gain insight regarding various court-related issues, including why cameras are still banned in the highest federal court in the United […]

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The era of intellectual property law

Attorney Matthew B. Harrison

By Matthew B. Harrison SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –– In a recent article, Michael Harrison predicted that Intellectual Property Law would dominate talk radio’s legal concerns in the era that is unfolding. (It is filed at www.talkers.com under Michael Harrison and is titled “The Ticking of the Clock.”) As talk programming evolves into new means of digital […]