Are bloggers protected by the same laws that protect journalists? As a blogger, what legal liability, if any, do you have for defamatory comments posted on your blog? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has produced this Legal Guide for Bloggers addressing issues such as privacy, online defamation law, intellectual property issues and more.
The EFF, an organization that has, in its own words, “championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights,” has more information here about what it is doing to promote and protect the legal rights of bloggers.