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Publish and (don’t) be damned! Jon Bloor Lees Solicitors LLP – August 2010
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A practical briefing for social media users on the basics of the law on copyright, defamation and criminal liablity issues.
Transcript of Publish and (don't) be damned. Social media and the law.
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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