Online Defamation one of Top Legal Issues for 2010

December 14, 2009 admin
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Blogging, Communications

Jonathan Bailey of the Blog Herald lists the top 5 online legal issues to watch for 2010:

  1. Disclosure
  2. Shield Laws
  3. Copyright
  4. Defamation
  5. Trademark

As an example of the type of defamation issues that exist online, he points to a post about the Ron Livingston case regarding Wikipedia.  He also points out the protections of Section 230 for American bloggers.

W.R. Somey also points out more information he has collected on the wikipedia review.

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