more on blog legality,
lawmakers are urging the FEC to allow blogs to be free of regulation that the commission has over political groups.
so the question is that if the FEC labels them as 'coordinated political activity" in line with political groups, then is that a nail in the coffin of blog freedom o' speech, or if the FEC says that they are independent(like trad. media) will that help set precedent for protection under law?
wait 'n watch.
posted by Froyd at 9:06 PM
Here's a comment on what Sean is tracking about the differential of speech rights between web-logging individuals and pro journalists:
Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism. One judge in California has ruled that blog sites don't qualify as journalism and so aren't protected by non-disclosure rights. But one west coast judge does not a precedent make. "Saber-rattling" Gillmore calls it.
posted by morgan at 4:57 PM
apparently, according to
a US judge, bloggers don't deserve the same rights that normal journalists do.
In an objective stance that I'm taking, I will just point out that it was APPLE that pursued this case...though I probably wouldn't put it past microsoft.
but still. Apple's not exactly being techno friendly here.
posted by Froyd at 11:56 PM
only 25% of american adults know what the 'blogging' phenomenon is...
then it isn't really a 'phenomenon', is it?
posted by Froyd at 11:46 PM
