http://www.bloglawguy.com News and information about the law of blogging Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:42:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Until further notice, all content for this blog will be posted at my main law firm Web site/blog.  Here's the address. http://www. imparl.com The idea of a separate blog dedicated to the legal issues involved in blogging originally seemed like a good idea, but if I cover these topics at my main ... http://www.bloglawguy.com/2008/08/07/important-update-about-this-blog/ I've just started following this story.  I don't know all the facts, and I don't like to jump to conclusions, but based on what I do know, I have to agree solidly with attorney Sean Conway in this dispute. The Florida Bar seems totally out of line here.  Trying to infringe ... http://www.bloglawguy.com/2007/12/14/freedom-of-speech-but-not-for-lawyers/ Over at Blawg-IT, Brett Trout offers some helpful pointers for protecting your blog's intellectual property. http://www.bloglawguy.com/2007/10/03/how-to-protect-your-blogs-intellectual-property/ In this brief, but quite helpful, blog entry, Nina Kaufman introduces some helpful online resources about the legal risks that accompany blogging and using social media or Web 2.0.  http://www.bloglawguy.com/2007/09/28/introduction-to-legal-issues-in-social-media/ If you're like an increasing number of bloggers, you may be finding that some of your content is being "scraped" or lifted and displayed on other sites, without your permission, without a link back to your blog, and without any attribution to you whatsoever.  In many, if not most, cases, ... http://www.bloglawguy.com/2007/09/28/dmca-complaints-for-advertising-networks-to-stop-stolen-blog-content/ Pete Ashton asks that question as he points to a paper by Paul Bradshaw.  The paper doesn't explore the legal issues in any depth, but it does mention copyright as a concern. http://www.bloglawguy.com/2007/09/15/wiki-journalism-are-wikis-the-new-blogs/ Unauthorized enjoyment of song irks law firm "CNET News - It sounds like the setup for a joke: a law firm picks a fight with a legal blogger over the leak of ... instance of corporate self-congratulation has turned into a minor Internet ... asserted that posting the song had been ... http://www.bloglawguy.com/2007/08/28/unauthorized-enjoyment-of-song-irks-law-firm/ So I may as well start here. Welcome to Blog Law Guy, a blog providing news and information about the legal issues that arise from blogging. I hope you will enjoy the site. Please visit often and feel free to comment on the topics that interest you. http://www.bloglawguy.com/2007/08/27/gotta-start-somewhere/