Legal safety questions for bloggers
October 14th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Legal, Online Journalism, Social media and blogging
Two blog posts that raise the question of legal risks for bloggers:
- “To what extent does where you run your blog from and / or host it impact its legal situation? asks Sunny Hundal of Pickled Politics, using his own and Guido Fawke’s blog as examples.
“The [US-based] Online News Association is surveying digital journalists to gauge the need for low-cost Media Liability Insurance coverage, which includes libel, defamation, copyright and other publishing torts.
“If ONA determines enough need and interest, we will work to provide a program tailored for digital journalists under the ONA name.
“Please take a few moments to complete the following survey. If you aren’t in need of Media Liability Insurance, please forward this to someone who might be.
The survey will close on Friday, October 16.
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- Libel, privacy, the ‘chilling effect’ and NGOs
- Huffington Post: Early signs of success for citizen journalism investigation
- InPublishing survey: ‘Behind the turnover figures, the industry is essentially still in profit’
- Stars and Stripes: US to screen journalists for ‘positive coverage’ before embedding
- Take our survey: ‘What do UK journalists do after losing their jobs?’ #laidoffjournalist
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