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May 6, 2007

Great Find: 12 U. S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know

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Brand New SOB Franke James sent me an email yesterday. It held a link for Aviva Directory article on U. S. Blogger law. The article a resource for bloggers that I want to share with you.

Great Find: 12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know
Permalink: http://www.avivadirectory.com/blogger-law/
Target Audience: All bloggers
Content: This article was posted May 1, 2007 and received over 1500 Diggs. It outlines 12 U.S. laws that bloggers should know. Each law is defnined and described. Then appropriate defensive actions are outlined following that text. Here is a summary of the 12 laws.

Many links follow the discussion of the laws as references and further intormation. To read the entire article, click the title below.

12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know

Thanks, Franke, for passing this on.

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9 Comments to “Great Find: 12 U. S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know”

  1. May 6th, 2007 at 7:40 am
    Jen / domestika said

    That is indeed a great find. Even though these are American laws, where the USA goes the world will tend to follow, so the rest of us would do well to take note of the intent of these laws, if not the ‘letter’ of them!

    Also, since much of the data of non-US bloggers is carried on USA servers, I have a suspicion that the laws would indeed apply to us in the letter as well as in the spirit — can anyone with deeper knowledge of internet law, etc., confirm or corrrect this?

  2. May 6th, 2007 at 9:35 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Jen!
    Great to see you here!
    There was a list serve that carried some comments. I was uncomfortable including them in the post, however I don’t mind passing along what they said.

    From a professor at the Miami School of Law:

    Most of the laws say be transparent and honest. Don’t lie.

    #5 “If your use is utterly non-commercial,
    and you’re not a cyber-squatter,then under US law you are allowed to register a name that happens to coincide with a trademark. And if the mark is not famous, and you’re not a competitor and can’t be mistaken for one, it often won’t matter even if your use is commercial.”

    #7 “You can always delete comments on your blog unless you have affirmatively promised not to — and even then there may be exceptions.” [via listbox.com]

  3. May 6th, 2007 at 10:11 am
    weblogs blogs » Needs Find: 12 Laws Great to Every Know Blogger US said

    [...] Permalink: http://www.avivadirectory.com/blogger-law/ Target receiver: everything bloggers happy: This document was posted May 1, 2007 in addition to received over 1500 Diggs. … I would like to take a short time to welcome a new Ducks blogger… If you ve been using the beta, either since you switched or given that you … It outlines 12 US laws that bloggers should know. It ll still take slightly more transition time to move everyone from the old version to the new, so for now we sit down with on our homepage which version of Blogger you use. This is one of the first cases explicitly holding that a blogger is protected by anti-SLAPP laws. Miss Anaheim. … Please take a second along with inspect out here blog. It’s not really surprising that bloggers would qualify for anti-SLAPP protection, nonetheless still, it’s nice to see a case certify it. read on… [...]

  4. May 6th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
    HART (1-800-HART) said

    I don’t recognize that authority or any legal aspect of that list .. however, I was entertained reading it, and some of it falls under “common sense”.

    Are all bloggers incorporating themselves now?

    HART

    PS: // Don’t forget how that article ended …

    To clarify further, you may not rely upon this information as legal advice, nor as a recommendation or endorsement of any particular legal understanding, and you should instead regard this article as intended for entertainment purposes only.

  5. May 6th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
    GP said

    a worthy recipient of “SOB” :) Thanx for sharing this

    GP in *yes SUNNY * Montana

  6. May 6th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi HART!!
    I hadn’t really thuoght of it. I don’t suppose that all bloggers are incorporating themselves now. HART LLC Just doesnt’t do it for me. But I sure know a lot of blogger with that set of letters.

    That italic disclaimer is one every American childrens to say before she or he goes to bed. Didn’t you know that? Oh that’s right, you are Canadian! :)

  7. May 6th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi GP in SUNNY Montana!
    I bet that alle could care less about the the 12 U.S. laws. :)

  8. May 7th, 2007 at 5:05 am
    Jeremy Jacobs said

    Sounds like regulation via the back door.

  9. May 7th, 2007 at 6:33 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Jeremy,
    Great to see you again!
    I’m sure why you’re calling it back door. It looks pretty front door to me. :)

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