Publishing your own content on the Internet sometimes seems like a daunting endeavor, especially when you read press accounts of this blogger or that website getting sued over what they publish online. The hard fact is that there are a number of legal risks involved in...
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Whether you're just getting started or you're a seasoned A-list blogger, there are many legal and practical issues to consider in deciding how to carry on your online publishing activities. We had to start somewhere, so we started at the beginning -- forming a business...
DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 7:05pm - 0 comments -
When you publish information about someone without permission, you potentially expose yourself to legal liability even if your portrayal is factually accurate. Most states have laws limiting your ability to publish private facts about someone and recognizing an individual's...
DMLP Staff - 07/21/2008 - 9:01pm - 0 comments -
Welcome to the Digital Media Law Project's Legal Guide! This guide addresses the practical issues that you may encounter as you gather information, create new and exciting content, and publish your work online. It is intended for use by citizen media creators with or...
DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 6:48pm - 0 comments -
This section of the legal guide highlights the legal and practical issues you may encounter as you gather documents, take photographs or video, and collect other information. Many of the subjects discussed in this section are relevant whether or not you eventually publish...
DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 7:13pm - 0 comments -
This section of the legal guide outlines the wide-array of information available to you from government sources. These sources range from your local city council all the way up to the largest agencies in the federal government. In fact, you might be quite surprised at how...
DMLP Staff - 04/01/2008 - 7:08pm - 0 comments -
Every time you publish something online, whether it's a news article, blog post, podcast, video, or even a user comment, you open yourself up to potential legal liability. This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise because the Internet, after all, is available to anyone...
DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 7:31pm - 0 comments -
Intellectual property is a blanket term for multiple areas of law that govern the ownership and rights to "products of the mind." Many, but not all, intellectual property laws seek to encourage innovation and creativity, with an ultimate aim of promoting a general...
DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 7:33pm - 0 comments -
Creating a legal guide for online and citizen media is a significant undertaking, so it is no surprise that we haven't been able to cover every topic we think should be covered. This page collects some "special situations" that we think warrant additional...
DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 7:35pm - 0 comments -
White Papers / Legal Primers Documenting the Vote 2012 Guide to Reporting at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions Guide to the IRS Decision-Making Process under Section 501(c)(3) for Journalism and Publishing Non-Profits The Rise of the News Aggregator:...
DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 7:39pm - 0 comments -
