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12 Jan 2010, 4:45 am
Although Ben Sheffner is routinely sharp in his legal analysis, I disagree with his assessment that Section 230 was the reason for the court's decision. [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 9:01 pm
Other commentary on this case: Eric Goldman Wendy Davis Ben Sheffner Grasping photo courtesy Flickr user Filmnut under this Creative Commons license. [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 1:47 pm
"So the bottom line is that the court was utterly powerless to grant the plaintiffs an effective remedy against harmful speech that has no First Amendment value," writes media attorney Ben Sheffner. [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 12:16 pm
"As far as I'm aware, no such case exists," copyright expert Ben Sheffner notes. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 6:44 pm
UPDATE: Comments from Nate Anderson at Ars Technica (including a more thorough recitation of the case's factual background) and Ben Sheffner (including links to many of the source materials in the case). [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 12:05 pm
Thanks to Ben Sheffner (Copyrights & Campaigns) for the pointer. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 3:48 pm
" Ben Sheffner, a Hollywood copyright attorney, wonders in his Copyrights & Campaigns blog whether it is defamatory to falsely label somebody gay: It's a very interesting issue; Obviously many people don't like being falsely called gay, but some gay rights activists argue that to permit a defamation action for a false accusation of homosexuality perpetuates the harmful notion that there is something wrong, or shameful, about being gay. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 12:40 am
Copyrights & Campaigns - Ben Sheffner's notes on copyright, First Amendment, media, and entertainment law, and political campaigns 688. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 2:56 pm
(Hat tip to Ben Sheffner, at Copyrights & Campaigns) [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 8:19 am
Needless to say, I don’t think this argument is long for the earth, and Ben Sheffner does a great job explaining why, but I have to give them an A for originality. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 2:04 pm
The best blogposts on the matter were written by Ben Sheffner, analyzing the demerits of the suit, and Eric Turkewitz, who played against type and provided wise, conciliatory counsel to the plaintiff, the sort of advice one might expect from, oh I dunno, a law professor. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 1:57 pm
Ben Sheffner's post on this case makes good points about the false light claim. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 12:13 pm
Over at the Copyrights & Campaigns blog, lawyer and former journalist Ben Sheffner has this to say: Above the Law is one of the nation’s foremost chroniclers of the wackiness of the American legal system. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 9:49 am
Orin blogged about this below, linking to Ben Sheffner's analysis at Copyrights & Campaigns. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 4:55 am
Ben Sheffner at Copyrights & Campaigns, Michael Krauss at Point of Law and Karen Sloan at the NLJ have details on a pro se suit filed by University of Miami lawprof Donald Marvin Jones. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 4:02 am
Gibson works just fine.I now return you to your regularly scheduled Scott Rothstein programming.UPDATE: Here's a fantastic analysis of the glaring deficiencies in Professor Jones' complaint by lawyer/blogger Ben Sheffner. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 12:03 am
Ben Sheffner has the story, with legal analysis, over at Copyrights & Campaigns. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 11:33 am
David Lat - Managing Editor, AbovetheLaw.com Ben Sheffner - Production Counsel, NBC Universal Television Group; Editor, Copyrights & Campaigns blog Jason Schultz (moderator) - Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic; Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, UC Berkeley [read post]
3 Oct 2009, 10:02 am
He also has a blog about his book, in which he has debated Ben Sheffner of Copyrights & Campaigns, a former Fox studios lawyer who represented John McCain in the 2008 race; that too is much worth reading, if you’re at all interested in copyright policy. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 10:43 am
Bottom Line In the end, most copyright experts, including Ben Sheffner and Eric Goldman (who many more reasons why the outlook is bleak for Scott) are skeptical about the suit’s future. [read post]
