Blogging is an activity that is fraught with legal peril. Though most bloggers will go their entire lives without a lawsuit or a serious legal threat, it does happen and regularly.
It’s important to remember that blogging is, for the purpose of the law, the same as running your own newspaper or TV station. Every time you hit publish, what you wrote is going to be shot out to people all over the world and, with that power, comes a great deal of peril.
If you don’t want to be sued or threatened (with any seriousness) over your blogging activities, you need to take a moment and understand the laws that govern what you’re doing. I’ll be going over these areas in greater depth over the next few weeks and months here on Performancing, but for those who want to take their education into their own hands, here’s the ground your legal education should cover and why. [Read more…] about 5 Areas of Law Every Blogger Should Know