On the Radio About My Book

This morning I was a guest on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster, speaking about libel in politics and my book, and previewing the Nov. 13 "How Far is Too Far? Libel Law in Political Campaigns"
event at Louisiana State University.  The conversation is archived at https://www.wrkf.org/post/monday-november-11th-gene-mills-eric-robinson-jessica-kemp.

Huckabee Campaign Claims Religious Use for "Rocky" Song

According to the Hollywood Reporter, presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's lawyers are making a unique argument to defeat a copyright suit over his campaign's use of the song "Eye of the Tiger" at a rally last September: that it was a religious event.

As Politicians Adopt Social Media, They Bump Into the Law

(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
As social media become more popular, it is inevitable that enterprising politicians will use it promote themselves, connect with constituents, and garner votes.  The White House has a blog, several Senators and House members tweet, and elected officials and candidates at all levels of government are using social media to get out their messages.

But just as use of social media by voters is coming into conflict with existing election laws, some politicians are discovering that their use of social media may clash  — or at least create possible problems — with existing campaign and government disclosure laws.