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The Catsouras Photos: Will a Family's Privacy Interest Impede Press Access?

Online Rant Leads to Libel Suit

Where AT&T Sees Growth, Consumers See Dangerous Stagnation

Police Across the Country Tap into Facebook, YouTube to Solve Crimes

Employee Allegedly Fired for Facebook Comments About Boss


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THE WEEK IN MEDIA LAW 
April 11th 2011
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Defendant Seeks Damage Reduction in Music File Sharing Case
By Brian Lynch

Thirty songs for $22,500 each is a bit pricier than the current iTunes rates of $0.69 to $1.29 per song, but that is what Joel Tenenbaum originally faced for illegally downloading and sharing copyrighted music. The Recording Industry Association of America successfully brought copyright violation claims against Tenenbaum and sought damages under the Digital Theft Deterrence Act of 1999. The action resulted in a jury award of $675,000.

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MEDIA BUSINESS 

As Breaking News Fades, Ratings Fall at CNN | The New York Times

Girls Gone Wild Founder Cleared in Civil Case | Associated Press

Google Buys Mobile Entertainment Platform Pushlife | TechCrunch

Katie Couric, Ghost in the Machine | Reason

Fox and Beck Break Up | Reason

As Breaking News Fades, Ratings Fall at CNN | The New York Times

Literary Journals Thrive, on Paper and Otherwise | The New York Times

Dish Buys Bankrupt Blockbuster | MediaMemo

New Twitter Ecosystem Poster Child SocialFlow Secures The Firehose And $7 Million Round | TechCrunch

Groupon For Nightlife Poggled Raises $5.6M From Groupon Investors | TechCrunch

Will SF Chronicle Erect Paywall or Golden Gate? | The Unruly of Law

How One Radio Reporter Ditched His Equipment for an iPhone 4 | MediaShift

AOL Fires A Ton Of Freelancers, HuffPost Doesn't Pay Most Of Its Writers. I Approve | TechCrunch

LivingSocial Files To Authorize Up To $565M In Series E Funding | TechCrunch

The Product Shakeup At Google Begins | TechCrunch

Center for Public Integrity to Start New Site for Investigative Journalism | The New York Times

Bought By AOL Alongside Patch, Going Will Soon Be Gone | TechCrunch


SOCIAL MEDIA 

Measuring User Influence in Twitter: The Million Follower Fallacy | Journalist's Resource

Facebook, Human Rights Groups Side With YouTube Against Viacom | Mashable


Is YouTube a Service Provider or Content Provider? | Copyhype


Lawsuit Against YouTube Threatens Global Growth of Political Speech | EFF


MySpace Evidence was Inadmissible Hearsay | Evan Brown

N.J. Teacher Suspended for Facebook Posts | Associated Press

YouTube Recasts for New Viewers | The Wall Street Journal

Labor Panel to Press Reuters Over Reaction to Twitter Post | The New York Times

Police Lesson: Social Network Tools Have Two Edges | The New York Times

Facebook: Hey, We're a Great Tool for Journalists Too! | Gigaom

Court Denies Request for Discovery of Facebook and Twitter Account Information | Eric Goldman

Twitter to Offer Brands Facebook-Style Pages | Marketing Magazine

Teacher Faces Discipline for Facebook Photo of Pupil | Chicago Tribune

Digital Media and Popular Uprisings Panel at Lesley University (audio) | Open Media Boston

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