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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, Winter 2013
Bulk data - whether gun records or anything else - must remain accessible
Every time there is a mass shooting, news quickly centers around efforts to regulate guns. But regardless of how the discussion...
In wake of Journal News publishing gun permit holder maps, nation sees push to limit access to gun records
AP Photo by Mike Groll Gun rights advocates demonstrate outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. on Feb. 28. The group rallied...

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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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