Blog Laws

The issues discussed in the website are going to be instrumental in setting up my restaurant blog. I can see now how important it is to be an unbiased and informative guide and not to critique the restaurants. I can see just how easy it can be for these restaurants to hold me responsible for negative publicity. I also found that it is a thin line that divides responsible journalism and free speech.

Seeing that I am not interested in being sued or having my own character defamed, I will certainly use the information as a guide to posting a responsible and informative account of local restaurants. I particularly found the FAQ section of the site helpful in outlining the boundaries and impending consequences of blogging such as defamation laws, intellectual property, trade secrets, right of publicity, publication of private facts, and intrusion into seclusion.

I have learned from this site that I will need to learn more about the rights of an individual to submit information about people or place outside of my personal experience. Honestly, I did not realize that so many laws were set in place to protect bloggers and/ or companies. I will not only continue to review this site, but also keep an eye on how laws are developed concerning blogs and the enforcement of existing laws that may apply to blogging.