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Shield Law Needs Business Protections

By on 6.16.08 @ 11:39AM

Carter Wood of the National Association of Manufacturers has an important warning about the damage that can be done by a poorly designed "media shield" law. It's one thing for media to protect sources in the public interest, quite another for bloggers or others to protect "sources" who provide access to intellectual property/trade secrets. Read his excellent column for a fuller explanation.

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Trade, Law

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Quin Hillyer is a senior editor of The American Spectator and a senior fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom.

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