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Links to the Citizen Media Law Project's legal guide presented at Wednesday morning's "boot camp."
===Getting your project off the ground===
===Getting your project off the ground===


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* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/trademark-law-and-naming-your-business Trademark Law and Naming Your Business]
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/trademark-law-and-naming-your-business Trademark Law and Naming Your Business]
'''Forming a Business: It's never too early to plan for your success'''
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/choosing-business-form Choosing a Business Form]
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/how-start-business How to Start a Business]
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/Business%20Comparison%20Chart_1.pdf Business Form Comparison Chart]


===Legal risks associated with newsgathering and publishing===
===Legal risks associated with newsgathering and publishing===
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/publishing-information-harms-anothers-reputation Publishing Information that Harms Another's Reputation]
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/publishing-personal-and-private-information Publishing Personal and Private Information]
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/publishing-statements-and-content-others Publishing the Statements and Content of Others]
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/correcting-or-retracting-your-work-after-publication Correcting or Retracting Your Work After Publication]
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/copyright Using the Copyrighted Work of Others]


===Practical steps you can take to reduce your legal risks===
===Practical steps you can take to reduce your legal risks===
'''Good journalistic practices = reduced legal risks'''
* Strive for accuracy and check your facts
* Cultivate reliable sources
* Approach your work ethically
* Seek permission or consent to use the work or images of others
* Be willing to correct your mistakes
* Educate yourself about journalism, media law and develop procedures for fact checking, rights clearance, newsgathering
:* [http://www.kcnn.org/ Knight Citizen News Network]
:* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide CMLP's Legal Guide]
:* Course at Poynter's News University: [http://www.newsu.org/courses/course_detail.aspx?id=nwsu_medialaw08 Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers & Other Online Publishers]
'''Create Appropriate Website Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy'''
* Don't make promises you can't or don't intend to keep
* Be clear about what information you collect and whether you will keep it private
* Designate someone to receive notifications of copyright infringement under the DMCA
'''Insurance (You're a professional, so act like one)'''
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/finding-insurance Finding Insurance]


===Where to go for help===
===Where to go for help===

Latest revision as of 18:00, 17 June 2009

Links to the Citizen Media Law Project's legal guide presented at Wednesday morning's "boot camp."

Getting your project off the ground

Protecting your good name

Forming a Business: It's never too early to plan for your success

Legal risks associated with newsgathering and publishing

Practical steps you can take to reduce your legal risks

Good journalistic practices = reduced legal risks

  • Strive for accuracy and check your facts
  • Cultivate reliable sources
  • Approach your work ethically
  • Seek permission or consent to use the work or images of others
  • Be willing to correct your mistakes
  • Educate yourself about journalism, media law and develop procedures for fact checking, rights clearance, newsgathering

Create Appropriate Website Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy

  • Don't make promises you can't or don't intend to keep
  • Be clear about what information you collect and whether you will keep it private
  • Designate someone to receive notifications of copyright infringement under the DMCA

Insurance (You're a professional, so act like one)

Where to go for help

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