Blogger beware
October 4th, 2006 at 11:23am Heather B
An article in USA Today documents the apparently-increasing trend in bringing bloggers to court. From the piece:
Legal analysts say the lawsuits are challenging a mind-set that has long surrounded blogging: that most bloggers essentially are “judgment-proof” because they—unlike traditional media such as newspapers, magazines and television outlets—often are ordinary citizens who don’t have a lot of money.
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1. Tish G | October 5th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Some folks might also want to take a look at this piece on S.F. videoblogger and freelance journalist Josh Wolf, who’s now in jail….basically because a Federal Grand Jury believe he can flip on the folks in the video (of a protest) who did some damage to SFPD equipment…it’s a complicated post, but the OJR piece gives a good outline to all the legal wrangling and ethical issues.
2. Heather B | October 5th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Tish can you provide that link - it’s not in effect for some reason.
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