[sbMKE]

Good stuff here - Sheboygan police retaliate against a woman who led a recall effort by issuing a cease and desist and trumping up criminal investigations against her. Over a simple web link to the police department's web site.

Her attorney is a former DA - Paul Bucher.

And the link in question: http://www.sheboyganpolice.com/

[sbMKE]

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=786584

[mainestategop]

Expect to see more of this happening if Obama gets elected.

[Gomez]

I’d just use an .htaccess file to redirect people to zombo.com

[Southack]

Good stuff, yes...but not Breaking News.

[LooneyTick]

The police dept link should be public knowledge, I worked for a city and all web sites are open for perusal.

[cothrige]

I did a Google search for sheboygan police and the first site up was www.sheboyganpolice.com. Did the Police send a cease and desist to Google? And I certainly hope nobody is silly enough to give anybody the phone number for the Sheboygan Police. I would hate to see how they may react to that kind of craziness.

[Gondring]

IIANM, they said that the way she put it on her website implied that it was authorized by the city.

Here's the website, I think.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Mayor Juan Perez is,,,,, The Snoid From Sheboygan!

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Should be thrown out of court. A web site address is public, not private knowledge and their is no violation of rights nor damage if it is published on another site.

[Arkinsaw]

They should be glad I am not the judge. She wins, and those responsible for the city all go to classes on the Constitution.

[unixfox]

A government for the people or against the people?

You decide.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

When the police get mad and don’t know what to do, they do what they know best - arrest.

[TBP]

I see no basis on which any entity, especially a public entity, can legally stop anyone from linking to it.

[bamahead]

The city’s actions torpedoed Reisinger’s Web site marketing business and led to death threats against her, according to the lawsuit....Reisinger alleges her First Amendment rights were violated by the city. She seeks $250,000 in compensatory damages...

All for linking to a website, paid for by her own tax dollars....

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[bamahead]

The city’s actions torpedoed Reisinger’s Web site marketing business and led to death threats against her, according to the lawsuit....Reisinger alleges her First Amendment rights were violated by the city. She seeks $250,000 in compensatory damages...

All for linking to a website, paid for by her own tax dollars....

Libertarian ping! To be added or removed freepmail me or post a message here.

[Genesis defender]

Well, I’ll be... and to think this is all happening in the city in which I live.

I won’t post the city attorney’s contact info, because they could be knocking on MY door, but here’s the website to browse for lots of info about this fine city, starting with the city departments. There just might be a way to contact the city attorney somewhere in that website....

http://ci.sheboygan.wi.us/Departments.html

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[Cacique]

btt

[Ken H]

Oregon: publishing our laws online is a copyright violation

(article from 04/16/2008)

The State of Oregon takes exception to Web sites that republish the state's Revised Statutes in full, claiming that the statutes contain copyrighted information in the republication causes the state to lose money it needs to continue putting out the official version of the statutes.

Oregon's Legislative Counsel, Dexter Johnson, has therefore requested that legal information site Justia remove the information or (preferably) take out a paid license from the state.

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[monday]

“Then a police lieutenant told Reisinger he was investigating her use of links to city government sites, the suit says.”

They should go after this lieutenant and the mayor for abuse of office and intimidation. There should be criminal charges against them.