Mini-Law School for Digital Journalists panel: (L-R) John Hart, Barbara Wall, Sherrese Smith, Ken Richieri, Nicole Wong, David Ardia
Mini-Law School for Digital Journalists
Join some of the nation’s leading digital media lawyers for a conversation on the law that impacts your professional life. We’ll talk about how the fair use doctrine attempts to reconcile copyright protection with freedom of speech; how websites can limit liability for user-generated content; whether “freedom of speech” is (or should be) different from “freedom of the press”; and explore data collection and privacy. Come armed with questions.
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“The conversation is not happening. It’s not happening in the courts. It’s not happening in Congress.”
- David Ardia, talking about the tension between copyright laws and free speech.
“We’ve always held dear our right to exclude content we don’t think is appropriate for our audiences.”
- Barbara Wall, saying the government shouldn’t force companies like Apple, with control over which applications it markets, to publish material.
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Jen Lee Reeves“The right to be forgotten” A legal discussion underway at #ONA11. This is a fascinating concept and worthy of discussion.
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An audience member asks,
“Are there any potential ramifications to the burgeoning battle over patent law over media?”
“Linking out is always going to be the safest thing. There are more legal risks with embedding on to a site.”
- Sherrese Smith, answering an audience member’s question about a “hard and fast rule” for news sites using YouTube videos.
“If you look carefully at the video and who posted it, you can come up with some pretty precise judgments.”
- Barbara Wall, answering an audience member’s question about a “hard and fast rule” for news sites using YouTube videos.
Law School Comes to ONA ’11
Legal experts discuss how media law is changing due to the increase of digital journalism.
