EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Now that more and more individuals are resorting to BLOGs to share useful (and sometimes useless) information as well as their opinions with the rest of the world, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has published an excellent resource:

EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Why would you need such a guide?

Freedom of speech is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and Internet bullies shouldn't use the law to stifle legitimate free expression. That's why EFF created this guide, compiling a number of FAQs designed to help you understand your rights and, if necessary, defend your freedom.

Aside from covering the most relevant legal aspects, the EFF guide is also interspersed with common sense advice.

Whether you're a newly minted blogger or a relative old-timer, you've been seeing more and more stories pop up every day about bloggers getting in trouble for what they post.

Like all journalists and publishers, bloggers sometimes publish information that other people don't want published. You might, for example, publish something that someone considers defamatory, republish an AP news story that's under copyright, or write a lengthy piece detailing the alleged crimes of a candidate for public office.

Good reading and an invaluable resource for anyone who publishes a BLOG.