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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 2012
A showdown in Grant Park?
Serving as executive director of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for 12 years has offered me plenty of...
Shut out at Penn State
AP Photo by Nabil K. Mark Former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky walks past the media on Jan. 22. Last fall, a grand...

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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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