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Publish and (don’t) be damned!
Jon BloorLees Solicitors LLP – August 2010
THE IRON DUKE TWEETS:-
SOCIAL MEDIA – THE BENEFITS
SOCIAL MEDIA – THE CURVE
Tweet graph © 2010 Twitter, Inc http://twitter.com/blog
YIN AND YANG
Yin and Yang © GreenFalconKnight http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faded_Blue_and_Red_Yin_Yang.jpg
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT – WHAT IS PROTECTED?
“literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works”
“sound recordings, films or broadcasts”
Death by typography image © ~Gcore http://gcore.deviantart.com/art/Death-by-Typography-46884415
COPYRIGHT – OTHER REQUIREMENTS
“Originality”
“Expression of ideas”
Reel to Reel image © ~Nixdorf http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630.jpg
COPYRIGHT – INFRINGEMENT
“Copying”
“storing by electronic means”
“making available electronically”
“Authorising - Newzbin”
COPYRIGHT – LICENSED TO REUSE?
Creative Commons Logo © http://www.creativecommons.org
“Fair dealing?”
DEFAMATION
DEFAMATION – THE BASICS
“tends to lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society”
“untrue statement”
“published”
“identifies the claimant”
LIBEL OR SLANDER?
Speech Bubble © http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothymorgan/75288771/
LOCATIONAL LIBEL
IMPERSONATION
Cartoon © Rob Cottingham / Noise 2 Signal 2010 http://robcottingham.ca/cartoon
SOCIAL MEDIA - CRIMINALS
PAUL CHAMBERS – TWITTER BOMB HOAX
Extract from Communications Act 2003 © Crown copyright reproduced under license from http://www.opsi.gov.uk
SOCIAL MEDIA CRIME – THE LEGISLATION
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Representation of the People Act 1983
Communications Act 2003
Terrorism Act 2000
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
BLOGS – COMMENTS AND MODERATION
BLOGS – COMMENTS AND MODERATION
Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002
“Hosting Immunity”
“Knowledge”
“Expeditiously”
DIGITAL ECONOMY ACT
DIGITAL ECONOMY ACT
http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk
IF YOU ONLY REMEMBER ONE THING
DON’T FORGET TO WAIT
WhatAmITyping?
Publish and (don’t) be damned!
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