Legal Constraints on (Digital) Creativity
How to write a bad review online without getting yourself sued | The Province
How to write a bad review online without getting yourself sued | The Province Gave this interview a while ago […]
Unfortunate follow-up to leading edge issues
It is always most disconcerting to read stories like these. However it does follow from the topics we took on in […]
Parents sued for kid’s defamation
Check out this story: Parents face defamation trial over fake Facebook page their kid made Fair or not? jon
Breakdown of Justice
“Three Years on Riker Without Trial” — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker This is a beautifully written piece about the breakdown of the justice system in a recent New Yorker. […]
Keith Olbermann v. Bill Simmons
Compare and contrast from a journalistic perspective. Now compare and contrast from a defamation perspective. Now compare and contrast from the perspective of Canadian defamation law. jon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1x1-Z91sU
What Bill Simmons Showed About ESPN – The New Yorker
Four questions for future class discussion: 1. Is what Simmons said defamatory? 2. If Goodell doesn’t sue should ESPN take action? 3. If “sports […]
The right to free speech — or not?
Interesting piece reflecting on whether there is a right to be protected from information that is uncomfortable? What about information […]
News for the Minecraft generation: Gannett experiments with virtual reality | Poynter.
Have to add this. In Class one the slide said: Well we may be about to find out. Check out the link: […]
Class 3 Slides; Newsgathering, Privacy & Surveillance
Here they are. Please bring any questions to next class (or post below). jon
Notes Lesson 2
In this lesson, Jon went over law school…in a day! How is law made? Through statutes (provincial and federal) –> government-made eg. Consumer Protect Act (provincial) and Broadcasting Act (federal) […]