SLO Sheriffs Fail to Grasp Internet Meme?
For those unfamiliar with the above Internet meme and all its variants, Pedobear is an icon that is often used to jokingly (and sometimes seriously) accuse someone of having pedophilic tendencies. For example, if someone gushes about how cute 16-year-old singer Justin Bieber is on a chat room, another person might respond with this photo below, with no additional explanation [...]
Newsflash: Obama Dismissing Rod Blagojevich Trial!
Why isn’t Blago on trial for failing to notice a dead child behind him during his press conference? I just read the opinion of the district court judge in Illinois who, in late July, denied a motion by the Illinois Broadcasters’ Association, Illinois Press Association, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Times to release the names of jurors, upon [...]
Bury Brigades and the Digging of Censorship
One recurring theme of any media law course is how “censorship” – if simply defined as the suppression of objectionable speech — has shifted away from a focus on government actions and gravitated toward the actions of private companies and individuals. Whether it’s YouTube’s copyright policy or Facebook’s privacy policy or an employer’s speech policy or a private Internet filter’s [...]
A Cry for Fair Use
This is a clip of a man crying on A&E’s Intervention: And this is a “remix” of his cry using, among other things, AutoTune software to create a melody from the pitch of his cry: The creators of this remix (whose names aren’t identified) have created a new song that isn’t far in production value from what T-Pain might create. [...]
