Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Shameless self promotion

Yesterday I (along with UM law professor Ricardo Bascuas) filed this lawsuit in an attempt to figure out whether broadcasting legal cockfighting from Puerto Rico on the internet was contrary to 18 U.S.C. 48 or protected by the First Amendment. The website at issue is http://www.toughsportslive.com/

The lawsuit has received considerable buzz in the media and blogosphere. Here's a collection of stories:

1. The New York Times
2. Ann Althouse
3. Volokh Conspiracy
4. The Sun-Sentinel
5. How Appealing
6. Anorak
7. Above the Law
8. Australian Herald Sun

Very exciting....

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a frivolous cockledoodle case. Imagine the drafters of the first amendment thinking that cockfighting was protected speech! They would be plucking over in their graves.

Anonymous said...

A cock in the hand is better than one in the bush...oh...wait...I mean a bird in the bush is better than a cock...no, a, never mind. Good luck with your Cockfight David.

Rumpole said...

poultry pleadings? Don't ruffle too many feathers.

Anonymous said...

How does this seriously affect interstate commerce?

Anonymous said...

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

-- Attributed to Voltaire.

It takes real courage to make a legal stand like this, be it under 6th Amendment or the 1st Amendment. Go David Go.

Anonymous said...

Did someone really ask how the broadcast of a rosster fight over the internet affects interstate commerce? It's a boradcast!

Anonymous said...

If anybody really wants to see a COCKFIGHT, they should go to skybar on ladies night!

Which one of our favorite federal practitioners do you think is most likely to come out on TOP, so to speak, in that one.

Anonymous said...

Last comment (idiot) is a good test of the marketplace of ideas.

One thing: I don't think the Founders thought about anonymous posts on the Internet.

Anonymous said...

10:00 Pm: Just because you will be carrying your Cock home at the end of the night, all alone...only to ruffle its feathers a little upon arrival, doesn't mean you should go calling people names. That is not very nice.

I also LOVE the way you criticize anonymous posting...ANONYMOUSLY!