Mike Tully on March 1st, 2009

(More on the possible ground-breaking case from Maryland – Mike) Ruling Applies 1st Amendment to Internet   By Aaron C. Davis Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 28, 2009; Page B08 Operators of newspaper Web sites, blogs and chat rooms that allow readers to post anonymous comments using pseudonyms do not have to readily reveal [...]

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Mike Tully on March 1st, 2009

(Mike’s Note:  If the photos “belong” to the school, wouldn’t the school be attracting a lot of potential liabiliity?  Did they really think this through?) By LINDA N. WELLER The Telegraph GODFREY – An Alton High senior who wants to become a professional photographer someday recently discovered that freedom to shoot photos stops at the [...]

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Mike Tully on March 1st, 2009

By Jake Berry February 28, 2009 MASHPEE – Fresh faced and red-thumbed, 13-year-old Taylor Chicoine sends and receives more than 12,000 text messages a month. And, defying the news of the day, not one of them borders on inappropriate. In the wake of the Falmouth sexting case, in which six teenage boys, ages 12 to [...]

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By : Desmond Davidson KUCHING: A reported bullying case in a secondary school in her constituency last week left Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office Datin Fatimah Abdullah red-faced yesterday. Fatimah was also peeved because she had not been informed of what she described as a “very serious incident”, despite the fact that her [...]

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(Mike’s Note:  Kids being kids?  Or a felony criminal assault?) By ANDREW ABRAMSON Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 28, 2009 JUPITER — Storm Stockstill’s final semester at Jupiter High School could have been his finest. He was leading the lacrosse team to perhaps its best record in school history, earning a diploma and [...]

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