How the First Amendment applies to Jennifer Lawrence

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Amy Gajdas new book overstates the threat to press freedom in digital-age court rulings

The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press By Amy Gajda

Harvard University Press 306 pages; $35

In late August, someone anonymously posted hacked nude photographs of the actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities on an internet bulletin board. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton posted the photos on his gossip website. Shortly afterward, buffeted by angry social-media responses and the specter of litigation, Hilton apologized and took them down.

Any second-year law student could concoct a legal defense to an invasion of privacy claim by Lawrence: These are truthful images of a public figure who has courted public attention worldwide. Hilton broke no laws; he simply showed images made public by others, heightening awareness of the important controversy over internet privacy.

Its not a good defense, though. I think a court could reject it without doing damage to the First Amendment. Amy Gajda, a former broadcast journalist turned law professor, would probably agree. But she also would worry that more cases like this one would, in time, erode freedoms for serious journalism.

The Lawrence flap occurred too late to be included in The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press. The book begins with an account of a video posted on Gawker in 2012 of the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan in a private sexual encounter. A Florida state trial judge ordered Gawker to take it down, showing, in Gajdas words, a new willingness to limit public disclosure of truthful information.

The federal courts quickly stepped in to reverse this result, she notes; the Hogan tape, in all its glory, remains available online today. So the courts new willingness might more properly be called ambivalence. Gajda nonetheless believes that the new willingness is growing stronger, and that the obtuseness of mainstream media outlets runs the risk of making things worse. [T]here seems to be a modern-age shift back toward 1890s sensibilities, she writes. [C]ourts are signaling a new sensitivity to threats to privacy posed by evolving social and cultural conditions.

Gajda succumbs to the tendency to see even minor slights to press freedom as omens of onrushing dystopia.

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Comets Extinguish Flames 5-4

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November 1, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets scored early and often Saturday night but ultimately just slipped past the Adirondack Flames with a 5-4 win at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Five different Comets recorded a goal in tonight's match-up including Brandon DeFazio who recorded his fourth goal of the season. Nicklas Jensen (1-1-2) and Cal O'Reilly (0-2-2) paced the way for the Comets with two points apiece.

As soon as the puck hit the ice in the first period the puck was no stranger to the back of the Flames net. Just 37 seconds into the first period Brandon DeFazio received a pass from Darren Archibald and rushed down the right side of the ice. Before Ortio had any time to react DeFazio sneaked a quick shot just underneath the crossbar to put the Comets ahead.

Just eighty-four seconds later Jensen tipped an Alex Biega slapshot through Joni Ortio's five-hole to double the Comets lead. O'Reilly was credited with the secondary assist to extend his point streak to six games.

Adirondack finally pushed through towards the tail end of the first period. At 14:38 Emile Poirier buried a quick slapshot from the red dot to the left of Eriksson to make it a 3-1 game.

The Comets quickly returned the favor just moments later for their third goal of the night after Peter Andersson received a pass in the attacking zone from Bobby Sanguinetti. Andersson slid a shot through Ortio's five-hole to extend the Comets lead to two once again. After allowing three goals on 11 shots, Ortio only lasted 15 minutes before he was replaced by back-up goaltender Brad Thiessen.

Just over two minutes into the middle period Grenier buried a rebound of an O'Reilly shot to push the Comets lead to 4-1. The goal, a power-play goal, was Grenier's third goal of the season.

Adirondack's Poirier continued to torture Eriksson with his second goal at the 4:29 mark of the second period. Billy Arnold set up a play behind the Comets net and quickly stepped out to the front of the net and fed a pass to Poirier. The puck beat Eriksson to the far side post and Poirier tapped it in for the Flames second tally of the night. Dustin Stevenson was credited with the secondary assist.

Just three minutes after that, the Comets rookies were back at it again when Wacey Hamilton dished a pass in front to Carter Bancks who scored what would ultimately be the game-winning goal.

13:03 into the second period Bryce Van Brabant received a pass at the Comets blue line from Thiessen that caught the Comets in a line change. Brabant broke loose for a break-away power-play goal to cut the Comets lead to two. Both Thiessen and Max Reinhart took the assists on the give and go play.

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21 companies from Oman to take part in London travel expo

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(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) The sultanate represented by the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) will participate in the World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition in London from Monday to Thursday. The delegation will be led by H E Maitha bint Saif al Mahrouqiyah Undersecretary in MoT.

The sultanate's pavilion will feature stalls of 21 companies including Marc Tours Company and Ihab Travel Al Bustan Palace a Ritz-Carlton Hotel Desert Gate Toursim Zahra Tours Millennium Resort and Spa Shangri La's Barr al Jissah Resort & Spa Khimji's Travel Oman Airports Management Company Salalah Rotana Resort Ramada Hotel Radisson Blu Hotel and Bahwan Travel.

The event offers industry experts from the UK and across the world to present a diverse range of travel destinations to the participants. WTM is the largest image-building event in the international travel industry as the expo attracts over 5000 experts 5000 companies from nearly 180 countries.

This year the organisers will draw attention to digital technologies to boost tourism including systems of payment and online booking applications for mobile phones and social networks organisation of specialised tours and presentation on hotel chains and airline companies.

The sultanate's pavilion will exemplify its modernity with traditional architectural features which will help promote its tourism potential. The exhibition will be held at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London.

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Holiday.com domain name could fetch 20m

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Long Beach, California. 'holiday' is one of the most searched-for terms online, with 90% of travel companies including it in the top-five keywords searched for by customers. Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

A new record price for a domain name could be set this week when a web address that has been described as the holy grail of the travel industry goes under the hammer.

It is thought that holiday.com could fetch as much as 20m when it is put up for auction at the World Travel Market event, which opens in London on Monday.

The web address could command such a high sum because holiday is one of the most searched-for terms online, with 90% of travel companies including it in the top-five keywords searched for by potential customers.

According to Guinness World Records, the $13m (8.1m) paid for sex.com by Clover Holdings in 2010 is the most expensive domain name-only transaction.

But Brian Sharples, the founder and chief executive of HomeAway site, said last year that his company paid $35m in 2007 for the name VacationRentals.com to ensure it was not bought by travel site Expedia.com.

Farad Laaforce, managing director of auction organisers Breathe Luxury, described holiday.com as a premium domain name.

Holiday is the main key word in the travel industry. It is only in the United States that people use the term vacation. People in India and China also use the word holiday, so its potential is massive, he said.

The domain is being sold by a US company that lacked the resources to fully exploit it, said Laaforce.

A one-word domain name can be valuable because it is easier to remember, said Richard Winslow, head of web hosting services at domain name registration site 123-reg. Search engines like Google will value that if you have the right content behind it. But you need to have a business plan and to be able to use the name and market it effectively, he said.

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Rustico residents raise concerns over Belcourt Centre

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Judy MacDonald, of the Friends of the Farmers' Bank in Rustico, speaks during a meeting Sunday to discuss the future of the Belcourt Lodge. The lodge is in the community and the Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown wants to demolish it and build a new spirtual centrre. The majority of the residents at the meeting were opposed.

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Acadian historian, Georges Arsenault, speaks to a public meeting in Rustico Sunday held to discuss the future of Belcourt Lodge.

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Published on November 02, 2014

Gerald Gabriel, liason between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown and the advisory committee that was struck by Bishop Richard Grecco to study the future of Belcourt Lodge in Rustico, speaks to a public meeting Sunday.

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