p2pnet.net News:- Josh Wolf, who’s already refused to hand US authorities a video from from a 2005 protest tied to a meeting of world economic leaders in Scotland, has been told to turn it over ——- or go to jail. Again.

The three members of a Federal Appeals Court unanimously decided he’d, “simply videotaped what people did in a public place,” says SFist.

“Wolf does not claim that he filmed anything confidential nor that he promised anyone anonymity or confidentiality,” the panel wrote, says the story. “Therefore, this case does not raise the usual concerns in cases involving journalists.”

But Wolf said if he obeyed he’d have, “a chilling effect on myself, gaining access and trust with contacts, and have chilling effect on journalists in general, knowing their information can be subpoenaed at any moment”.

“A police officer was hit on the head during the protest and suffered a fractured skull,” says The San Francisco Chronicle. The grand jury is investigating the alleged attempted burning of a police car, which prosecutors say would be a federal crime because the Police Department receives money from Washington.

“Neither incident was shown in footage that local television stations purchased from Wolf. He refused to surrender his outtakes, claiming a journalist’s right to withhold unpublished material as well as confidential sources. Those rights are protected by California’s shield law, but that law does not apply in federal court.”

If Wolf does indeed end up in the nick, again, “he’ll be playing craps in his prison cell with Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams and trying to talk Judith Miller into baking him a cake,” says SFist.

Also See:
Again - US blogger jailed, August 2, 2006
SFist - Wolf Appeal Denied, September 11, 2006
The San Francisco Chronicle - Court rejects appeal of freelancer who taped violent rally, September 11, 2006