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www.citmedialaw.orgwww.citmedialaw.org
twitter.com/@citmedialawtwitter.com/@citmedialaw
Legal risks associated Legal risks associated with newsgathering with newsgathering
and publishingand publishing
DefamationDefamation
PrivacyPrivacy
Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property
(You should have been (You should have been listening when Miguel spoke.)listening when Miguel spoke.)
Product and Service Product and Service EndorsementsEndorsements
(Or, how not to get on the bad (Or, how not to get on the bad side of the FTC)side of the FTC)
User Submissions and User Submissions and CommentsComments
Safe HarborsSafe Harbors
(Know them, love them)(Know them, love them)
Digital Millennium Digital Millennium Copyright ActCopyright Act
(DMCA)(DMCA)
Section 230 of the Section 230 of the Communications Communications
Decency ActDecency Act(Section 230)(Section 230)
Practical steps to Practical steps to reduce your legal reduce your legal
risksrisks
Good journalistic Good journalistic practices practices
= = Reduced legal riskReduced legal risk
Good Journalistic PracticesGood Journalistic Practices
Strive for accuracy and check your factsStrive for accuracy and check your facts Cultivate reliable sourcesCultivate reliable sources Approach your work ethicallyApproach your work ethically Seek permission or consent to use the Seek permission or consent to use the
work or images of otherswork or images of others Be willing to correct your mistakesBe willing to correct your mistakes Educate yourself about media law and Educate yourself about media law and
develop procedures for fact checking, develop procedures for fact checking, rights clearance, and newsgathering rights clearance, and newsgathering
Shield LawsShield Laws
(Or, you’re in Mass., forgeddaboutit. (Or, you’re in Mass., forgeddaboutit. Move to Rhode Island.)Move to Rhode Island.)
Create appropriate Create appropriate website website
terms & conditionsterms & conditions
Website T&Cs and Privacy Website T&Cs and Privacy PolicyPolicy
Don’t make promises you can’t or Don’t make promises you can’t or don’t intend to keepdon’t intend to keep
Be clear about what information you Be clear about what information you collect from users and whether you collect from users and whether you will keep it privatewill keep it private
Designate someone to receive Designate someone to receive notifications of copyright notifications of copyright infringement under the DMCAinfringement under the DMCA
Children’s Online Children’s Online Privacy Protection ActPrivacy Protection Act
(Get thee to a lawyer.)(Get thee to a lawyer.)
InsuranceInsurance
(You’re a professional, so act (You’re a professional, so act like one.)like one.)
Where to go for help?Where to go for help?
www.OMLN.org
A Legal Referral Network for Online Media
An initiative of: