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"First Circuit Court of Appeals case on this subject, here's the link.

Case Name US Court of Appeals First Circuit:
Glik v. Cunniffe:
Court Rules Recording Cops OK (August 26, 2011)

Protection extends not only to network journalists, as wished by the elitist New York Times and some elitist liberal alternative weekly writers, but to all citizens. The key is obtaining information under the First Amendment. Videotaping of a public meeting in a public building is protected under this decision. 

http://www.prisonplanet.com/appeals-court-rules-it-is-not-illegal-to-film-police.html

Appeals Court Rules It Is Not Illegal To Film Police
Americans still being arrested for recording cops as a consequence of mass hoax
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Thursday, September 1, 2011

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BLOGGER_DEFAMATION_SUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-07-20-39-18

Dec 7, 8:39 PM EST

Federal judge: Montana blogger is not journalist

By JEFF BARNARD 
Associated Press

-- 
Roy Bercaw - Editor
ENOUGH ROOM
Cambridge MA USA
enoughroom.blogspot.com
enoughroomvideo.blogspot.com "

Jerrold Darm v. Tiffany Craig

"In July 2011, medical spa doctor Jerrold "Jerry" Darm sued blogger Tiffany Craig for defamation in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon. Darm alleged that Craig defamed him when she wrote about a 2001 disciplinary order against the doctor from the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners.

Craig wrote on June 30, 2011, on her blog that Darm was reprimanded for demanding sex from a patient, and that Darm was required to have a chaperone when examining adult female patients. The order in fact states that Darm touched and kissed the patient, from which the patient inferred Darm was seeking sex. The order did require the presence of a chaperone for Darm's treatment of adult female patients. Craig did not mention that the order against Darm was lifted in 2009.

According to OregonLive.com, Craig moved in August to dismiss Darm's lawsuit under Oregon's anti-SLAPP laws. Craig argued that "'the gist' of the blog entry is true and the statements, in context with a provided hyperlink to state medical board records, were opinions based on those facts." Craig also argued that Darm, as a prominent local doctor, is a public figure. Darm argued that because he never treated Craig, his record is not a matter of public interest.

OregonLive.com also reports that the court ruled in September that the case is a matter of public interest, and that Twitter is a public forum. A hearing is set for Oct. 20, when Darm will have to present a viable defamation claim."

Source
http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/darm-v-craig

Tiffany Craig's Blog
http://www.criminallyvulgar.com/2011/06/dr-darm-and-missing-medical-license.html

http://www.criminallyvulgar.com/

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Links to Help you Learn More about your Blogger Rights

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https://www.eff.org/issues/ip-and-free-speech

https://www.eff.org/issues/intellectual-property

https://www.eff.org/issues/ip-and-free-speech

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