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Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

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The News Media and The Law, Fall 2011
The News Media and The Law, Fall 2011
Streaming and licensing versus the First Amendment
In a recent case, a federal appeals court held that “nothing in the First Amendment confers on the media an affirmative...
Federal government enters the era of the "cloud"
When the country’s head archivist David Ferriero is asked about the most modern problems plaguing federal records...

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Taking content: how much is too much?
Though copyright law has long protected writers from unwanted reproduction of their material, the Internet has made it simple to cut, paste...
Protection for infringing material posted by others: DMCA safe harbor provisions
Your liability for content posted to your site by third parties is not limited to defamation. Rather, if you publish the expressive works...
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