It seems that the picture that I’ve painted in a previous post, Bloggers Beware, that is, bloggers are pretty much left to their own devices if they get into trouble because of their blogs, be they rants, opinions, or counter views, has changed for the better. Now US bloggers have an online guide designed to help them understand their rights and, if necessary, defend their freedom. This legal guide in the form of a compilation of FAQs has been created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in furtherance of their mantra, defending freedom in the digital world, the goal being “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.” However, be mindful of the caveats that the guide is not meant to be a substitute for legal advice neither is it applicable to legal jurisdictions outside US.
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