Legal Rights

Reevaluating Ownership

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Literature, Perfectly Smooth, Legal Rights, Music, Accessible, Conversational Language, Government, Freedom of Speech, Sean Combs, Creative License, Illegal Downloading, Technology, Mac Computers, Cosmetic Surgery, Language Rights, Brands, Creativity, Ipods, Washington DC, Free, Trademark Law, Creative Freedom, Facebook, Downloading, Ownership, Iphones, Service Mark, Ipads, Art, Original, Language, Inspiration, Napster, Margarita, Freedom of Expression, Branding, Copyright Law, Legal System, Imaginative, Inspire, Small Business News

Trademarks are becoming as common as commas, yet with a far greater impact than overused punctuation. While the legal lockdown of conversational language is progressing, the copyright law and rights are being thoroughly challenged.

Read Post

Law and Civic Education

Michael Serota | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: University, Law, Higher Education, Law School, College, Civic Education, Legal Education, Civics, Street Law, Legal Rights, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Icivics, No Child Left Behind, Berkeley Law, Georgetown Law School, Education News

We ought to be teaching our nation's students about law, rights, and the operation of our system of justice. A future generation of law-abiding, rights-respecting citizens depends upon it.

Read Post

Lessons In Falling: Growing Up In Malawi Prison

Mia Kirshner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kachere, Legal Rights, Malaria, Community, Malawi, Education, Permaculture, I Live Here, Juvenile Prison, Impact News

I Live Here has found its voice through what I have learned in Malawi. We found our voice through mistakes, which I am sure we will continue to make and hopefully learn from.

Read Post

Tila Tequila Likes to F*ck...with Free Speech

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tila Tequila Copyright Infringement, Creative Commons, Copyright, A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila, Tila Tequila, Bloggers, Free Speech Rights, Free Speech, Tila Tequila Free Speech, Legal Rights, Exploitation, Tila Tequila Censorship, Internet Censorship, Internet Law, Tila Nguyen, Censorship, Fair Use, Media News

It sounds a helluva lot like Tila Tequila believes in censorship. Of the very same medium that made her, which, frankly, we find shockingly ungrateful.

Read Post

Rights for Nature: In PA's Coal Region, A Radical Approach to Conservation Takes Root

Kate Beale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faith and Politics, Environmental Policy, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Tamaqua, Community Legal Defense Fund, Corporate Personhood, Evangelicals Environment, Pollution, Dick Cheney, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Legal Rights, Green Fatigue, Environment, Environmental Law, Coal Mining, Vatican New Sins, Green News

Seeking legal rights for nature appears pragmatic: just witness how corporations have flourished enjoying the same legal status. At first glance it seems counterintuitive, but perhaps it shouldn't.

Read Post

Celebrate Human Rights Day by Honoring the Human Rights of Domestic Workers

Priscilla Gonzalez and Rebecca Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legal Rights, Protection, Domestic Help, Human Rights, Nannies, Economy, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Domestic Workers, Housekeepers, Labor Standards, Caregivers, Politics News

Many domestic workers have no legal right to overtime pay or a day off. Should they fall ill, suffer injury, or become unemployed, the vast majority do not qualify for benefits.

Read Post

Troubling Questions Surround Troy Davis Execution Set for Monday

Barry Scheck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Troy Davis Execution, Death Penalty, Troy Davis, Legal Rights, Crime, Politics News

The Innocence Project, which I co-founded with Peter Neufeld in 1992, advocates for legislation that improves the accuracy of the criminal justice system by addressing the root causes of the problem.

Read Post

The FDA Wants to Stop You from Protecting Yourself Against Drug Companies

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legal Rights, Drug Company Fraud, Eli Lilly, Fda, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide, Prozac, Paxil, Gsk, Peter Breggin, Health, Side Effects, Politics News

Suing a drug company is your only way as an individual to protect yourself against malfeasance. It should be a right under the law, but the FDA and the drug companies are on the verge of taking it away.

Read Post

I Now Pronounce You A and B

Candy Spelling | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Legal Rights, Ballot Measures, Medical Rights, California Laws, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Healthy Living News

There was a lot of celebrating in California during the last week as gay and lesbian couples could finally get married legally. But for the newlyweds themselves, there was even more celebration for the most-basic rights to some of life's most mundane activities.

Read Post