The database contains "legal threats" to online speech. As a general matter, a "legal threat" is an adverse action that a person or organization is threatened with because of their activities involving online speech, such as reporting on events, blogging, or posting other expressive or creative content. The key is that the online activity at issue must be "expressive." Mere copying of another's work (e.g., peer-to-peer sharing of copyrighted music) does not involve expressive activity, so it would not be included in the database.
The legal threat must arise from "online speech." For instance, the database does not include defamation cases arising solely from print newspapers. Otherwise, the scope of speech appropriate for the database is broad. Relevant speech activities include reporting on events, blogging, posting on a forum, among many others. The only requirement is that the online conduct should include some expressive element or creative spark. This could occur through reporting, commenting, criticizing, creating, re-mixing, analyzing, and other similar activities, so long as they include that minimum creative aspect.
Holding down the CTRL key (or Command key, for Macs) on your keyboard while you click will allow you to select multiple items in the same field. Once you let go of the CTRL key, all of the items you have chosen will remain selected. Make sure to hold the CTRL key again if you want to make more selections or remove selections; clicking an item without holding the CTRL key will remove your previous selections.
Separate multiple entries with a semicolon (“;”). For example, if you need to enter multiple parties into the Receiving/Defending Parties field, they would be listed: “Joe Smith; Sue Smith; Trey Smith”. If the field requires you to separate entries into different categories, separate each entry within a category with a comma (",") and separate each category with a semicolon. For instance, a typical Legal Counsel field might look like: “Joe Smith, Sue Smith (Plaintiff); Trey Smith (Defendant).”
