Comments on: YouTuber Doesn’t Qualify as a Member of the “News Media”–Green v. Pierce County https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/05/youtuber-doesnt-qualify-as-a-member-of-the-news-media-green-v-pierce-county.htm Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:26:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Florida Hits a New Censorial Low in Internet Regulation (Comments on SB 7072) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/05/youtuber-doesnt-qualify-as-a-member-of-the-news-media-green-v-pierce-county.htm#comment-2995 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:26:05 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=22646#comment-2995 […] drafted–and it clearly is not–so that it applied only to media enterprises (see my recent blog post on this topic), there is no constitutional basis to privilege their content over the content from other […]

]]> By: elizabeth eberly https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/05/youtuber-doesnt-qualify-as-a-member-of-the-news-media-green-v-pierce-county.htm#comment-2994 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 04:24:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=22646#comment-2994 Im wondering if one could register with the state (just like you do when you start a business, to get an EIN so that yr biz isn’t using YOUR SSN) as (name) LLC, listing your business as “journalism/news” thereby becoming a “business entity”….? When my partners and I started a delivery liquor store many years ago, it was only about $50 to become “state licensed” in Iowa….

]]> By: Wheeler https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/05/youtuber-doesnt-qualify-as-a-member-of-the-news-media-green-v-pierce-county.htm#comment-2991 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:06:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=22646#comment-2991 Other recommended case is out of Nevada, where the supreme court held that an online journalist (also just himself) qualified as news media, and therefore, is protected by the state’s shield law.

Very similar case and issue of outdated statutory language, but with the opposite result at the highest level.

https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/12/06/nevada-supreme-court-rules-online-sites-protected-under-state-shield-law/4357477002/

]]> By: Washington court rules YouTubers aren’t members of the news media | altnews.org https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/05/youtuber-doesnt-qualify-as-a-member-of-the-news-media-green-v-pierce-county.htm#comment-2990 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:23:02 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=22646#comment-2990 […] to Eric Goldman, a law professor at Santa Clara University’s Law School, the court’s perception of news media […]

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