Saturday, January 20, 2007

Assignment #1 - "Blogging and the Law"

This was a very interesting article, hard to read, but interesting. Many people love blogging and are putting all sorts of things on their sites. Many of them believe that they can say and do anything they want because it is their personal site without consequences. That is NOT the case. You can be held responsible for what you put on your blog. The article gave some interesting examples like:

1. You can be exposing yourself to lawsuits. Company's and individuals can sue for libel you if make untrue negative comments about them.

2. If you put offensive and private information about others, they can sue you for invasion of privacy.

3. If you start ragging on your employer, they can fire you.

4. You can use other peoples ideas, articles, and quotes. However, if you present them as your own, that would be plagerism and could open yourself to legal trouble.

Have fun and enjoy the world of blogging, just be smart!!!

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