Bloggers: Cover your ass

The EFF released a legal guide for bloggers. I saw it posted all over the place last night. [Dan Gillmore : kottke : BoingBoing : Halley Suitt]

Here is the table of contents:

Blogger Legal Liability Issues

The Overview of Legal Liability Issues
FAQ briefly addresses some common legal issues that affect you as
a publisher, especially situations where you may face legal
claims or threats based on the information you published on your blog.

The Bloggers’ FAQ on Intellectual
Property addresses issues that arise when you publish material
created by others on your blog.

The Bloggers’ FAQ on Online Defamation
Law provides an overview of defamation (libel) law,
including a discussion of the constitutional and statutory privileges
that may protect you.

The Bloggers’ FAQ on Section 230
Protections discusses a powerful federal law that gives you, as a
web host, protection against legal claims arising from hosting
information written by third parties.

The Bloggers’ FAQ on
Privacy addresses the legal issues surrounding the privacy
rights of people you blog about.

Bloggers As Journalists

The Bloggers’ FAQ on the
Reporter’s Privilege is useful to bloggers who report news
gathered from confidential sources.

The Bloggers’ FAQ on Media Access
can help bloggers who need to get access to public records and
government meetings, as well as secure press passes to help
with newsgathering.

Other Legal Issues for Bloggers

The Bloggers’ FAQ on Election Law addresses the legal issues you may face blogging about political campaigns.

The Bloggers’ FAQ on Labor Law addresses legal issues with workplace blogging, including union organizing, protections for political blogging away from the workplace, and whistle blowing.