[Ecommerce] EFF: Fighting for Bloggers' Rights

[Manon Ress]

http://www.eff.org/bloggers/

EFF: Fighting for Bloggers' Rights
If you're a blogger, this website is for you.

EFF's goal is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may
confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourage
you to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is
protected.

To that end, we have created the Legal Guide for Bloggers,
http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
a collection of blogger-specific FAQs addressing everything from fair
use to defamation law to workplace whistle-blowing.

=BB Learn how you can help support bloggers' rights!

http://www.eff.org/bloggers/badges

Other ways we're fighting for your rights:
Bloggers can be journalists (and journalists can be bloggers) - We're
battling for legal and institutional recognition that if you engage in
journalism, you're a journalist, with all of the attendant rights,
privileges, and protections. http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Apple_v_Does/

Bloggers are entitled to free speech - We're working to shield you from
frivolous or abusive threats and lawsuits. Internet bullies shouldn't
use copyright, libel, or other claims to chill your legitimate
speech. http://www.eff.org/legal/ISP_liability/OPG_v_Diebold/


Bloggers have the right to political speech - We're working with a
number of other public-interest organizations to ensure that the Federal
Election Commission (FEC) doesn't gag bloggers' election-related speech.
We argue that the FEC should adopt a presumption against the regulation
of election-related speech by individuals on the Internet, and interpret
the existing media exemption to apply to online media outlets that
provide news reporting and commentary regarding an election -- including
blogs. (See our joint comments to the FEC;
[http://www.cdt.org/speech/political/20050603cdtcomments.pdf , 332K].)

Bloggers have the right to stay anonymous - We're continuing our battle
to protect and preserve your constitutional right to anonymous speech
online, including providing a guide to help you with strategies for
keeping your identity private when you blog. (See How to Blog Safely
(About Work or Anything
Else).)http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php

Bloggers have freedom from liability for hosting speech the same way
other web hosts do - We're working to strengthen Section 230 liability
protections http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-230.php
under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) while spreading the word that
bloggers are entitled to them. (See Barrett v. Rosenthal.)
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/SLAPP/Defamation_abuse/Barrett_v_Clark/


Related EFF cases:
      * Apple v. Does
      * Barrett v. Rosenthal
      * OPG v. Diebold
      * Doe Anonymity Cases
Related documents:
      * Legal Guide for Bloggers
      * FEC Comments (PDF)
      * How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
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http://htdaw.blogsource.com





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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress@cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

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