Submitted by eangelotti on Mon, 03\/02\/2009 – 1:48pm<\/p>\n
Session Convenor: <\/strong> Ellyn Angelotti and David Ardia<\/p>\n Session Reporter:<\/strong> Ellyn Angelotti<\/p>\n Discussion Participants: <\/strong> Jacob Kaplan Moss, Kat Powers, Julie Moos<\/p>\n Digital Media Law issues<\/p>\n Opinion is protected? The broken window theory if you see a lot of comments that are bad then you’re going to encourage bad conversations<\/p>\n Legal Questions- legal needs survey… things to think about, like hiring an accountant. Volunteer lawyers for the arts Basic Knowledge for journalists who want to start their own companies: defamation, copyright and libel Should I extract and excerpt from another site? it depends but stick to less than 200 characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Submitted by eangelotti on Mon, 03\/02\/2009 – 1:48pm Session Convenor: Ellyn Angelotti and David Ardia Session Reporter: Ellyn Angelotti Discussion Participants: Jacob Kaplan Moss, Kat Powers, Julie Moos Digital Media Law issues Opinion is protected? Opinions can’t be verified. Some … Continue reading
\nOpinions can’t be verified. Some opinions are based on verifiable facts. Is it on the news pages or the opinion pages? Blogs are the types of platform support statement of opinion. The question to ask: Can it be proven false?<\/p>\n
\nCreating a business:
\nHave you thought about creating a formal business? Need legal help doing so?
\nRights and responsibilities for people who work together? (like co-bloggers)
\nDo you have media liability insurance?
\nNaming your business and trademarking these names\/logo?
\nGetting online
\nTerms\/conditions for site?
\nPrivacy policy?
\nQuestions about copyright infringement?
\nWritten agreement for contractors IP
\nThird party sites
\nIf you’re going to use other peoples’ photos\/content doesn’t mean you can do anything with it.
\nLInk for questions?
\nCreative commons licenses– it’s either copyright or lot but there is a lot of middle ground
\nDo you publish UGC? moderating, copyright, etc.
\nHow do you handle content from other sources?<\/p>\n
\nThree categories of assistance: Pro bono, reduced fee journalists neg. with lawyer, full fees for those who can support it.<\/p>\n
\nA process approach– before you need a lawyer.<\/p>\n