http://brianrowland.com A Jacksonville, Florida law firm practicing in areas of business, real estate and intellectual property (trademark, copyright, media, internet) law. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Iceland more concerned about free speech than U.S.? http://brianrowland.com/iceland-more-concerned-about-free-spech-than-u-s http://brianrowland.com/iceland-more-concerned-about-free-spech-than-u-s#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:33:56 +0000 Brian Rowland, Esq. http://brianrowland.com/?p=290 While our Congressional leaders make noise about revival of the “fairness doctrine”, Iceland, somewhat known for its pseudo-socialist policies, is making bona-fide efforts to become the world leader in ensuring a free press. See their government’s proposal here: Modern Icelandic Media Initiative. This should be a warning sign that our leaders are fearful of a truly free press and likely see control of it as a measure to ensure their grip on power. Thoughts? [click title above to reply]

]]> http://brianrowland.com/iceland-more-concerned-about-free-spech-than-u-s/feed 0 Chalk One Up For Free Speech http://brianrowland.com/chalk-one-up-for-free-speech http://brianrowland.com/chalk-one-up-for-free-speech#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:10:43 +0000 Brian Rowland, Esq. http://brianrowland.com/?p=267 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of free speech today in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Hopefully this serves as a warning to the government in its meddling in political, editorial, religious and even commercial speech content. [click title above to reply]

READ THE DECISION HERE

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