LEGAL DEFENSE FOR BLOGGERS, SUPERFUNDS AND BALL BRAWLS

Legal defense fund for bloggers?

Once upon a time, a blogger named Jason Kottke aired snippets of a leading Jeopardy contestant's finale before broadcast. (This was waaay before FedEx and H&R Block aired their great ads about the final show -- search The Common Scold for "carpe diem.")

The broadcaster got mad at the blogger, who immediately removed his post. Did he have to -- even though other media may have gotten the jump on the show too? What if that blogger were you?

So asks Matt Homann, who introduces the blogosphere's ongoing discussion of the answer. He starts with Jeff Jarvis' recommendation of a Bloggers' Legal Defense Society, links to Denise Howell (who says you'll get no "pro bono love" unless it is widely accepted as a huge, politically charged issue) and Evan Schaeffer (for whom it is a huge politically charged issue). Don't miss the extensive comments on Evan's blog by a certain Federalist No. 84, whom you know as Michael Cernovich, author of Crime & Federalism.

Homann himself likes the idea of blogger insurance and is offering up his services to any insurance types who want to put their heads together on the subject here -- although he notes,  in his entrepreneurial way, that one of the companies offering blogging software and services would get a great product advantage if they jumped on the idea...

Not news: The latest Superfund reports

J. Craig Williams says it's "not news" that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ID'd a 60 percent increase in Superfund sites since 1996 and is recommending a corresponding multibillion-dollar increase in funding. Rather than making more poor projections, May It Please The Court suggests, the agency should "stop issuing reports and start cleaning up the sites contaminated by the government, the country's worst offender."

If you're going to read a news report on the Superfund sites, be aware of Juan Non-Volokh's clarification of The New York Times' report, courtesy of The Volokh Conspiracy.

A creative commons, courtesy of Pew

Speaking of thousands of lawsuits, wonder how musicians and artists feel about free file-sharing and other copyright issues? The Volokh Conspiracy's Orin Kerr points to a new survey by Pew Internet & American Life Project.

(Check out the stunning percentage of Americans who consider themselves artists.)

Ball brawls

Pacers v. Pistons v. cup-bearing hooligans v. NBA Commish David Stern. Here, via The Volokh Conspiracy's man on the court, Juan Non-Volokh.

"Even the mascot sues," the story of the University of Hawaii's Vili the Warrior, from Mike Fox.

"BASEBALL!!" The Yankees' biggest fan updates us on their latest, at the bottom of this blissfully brawl-free post.

At the watercooler

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