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Media law & ethics for online publishers, collected and written by Judith Townend (@jtownend)
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- [Scotland] COPFS release: Crown Office sets out social media prosecution policy: bit.ly/1zEniLY #medialaw 4 months ago
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Blogroll
- 5RB – media & entertainment law
- BBC College of Journalism – Law
- BBC Freedom of Information
- Blackstone's Statutes Media Law 3e – resources
- British Journal of Photography – campaigns
- Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism
- Channel 4 Producer's Handbook – Media Law
- City Legal Research
- CRITique commercial law blog
- David Banks
- David Price Guide to Media Law
- Delia Venables’ legal resources
- Digital Media Law (US)
- Digital Media Law Project
- Don’t Get Fooled Again
- Drawnalism
- EPUK resources
- George Brock
- Guardian Freedom of Information
- Guardian Legal Network
- Guardian.co.uk – media law
- Heather Brooke’s blog
- HMCS glossary of legal terms
- I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist
- Index on Censorship
- Informationa Rights and Wrongs
- Inforrm blog
- IP Media Law
- Jack of Kent
- Jonathan Hewett
- Journal Local
- Journalism.co.uk – media law
- Law Bore
- Learn WordPress.com
- Learnmore
- LSE Media Law Policy Project
- Matt Buck
- McNae’s student resources
- Media Standards Trust
- MediaPaL@LSE
- Ministry of Justice
- mySociety
- Ofcom Watch
- One Brick Court – news
- out-law.com
- panGloss
- PCC – links to regulators
- Photo Legal
- Press Gazette – media law
- Recent decisions in England&Wales Court of Appeal (civil)
- Recent decisions in England&Wales High Court (Queen’s Bench)
- Reframing Libel Symposium
- Robert Sharp
- ScraperWiki
- TabloidWatch
- Talk About Local
- The Private Lives of Others
- The Small Places
- UK Human Rights Blog
- Wannabe Hacks
- WhatDoTheyKnow
Category Archives: social media
Opinion: Legal and ethical issues for televising and tweeting court – Judith Townend
Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
“In the back bedroom the duvet was half off the bed and neatly folded clothing on the bed, a bathrobe on the floor too #spy #spook“, @JonClementsITV, crime correspondent, ITV News Tweeting We are…
Posted in blogging, courts, digital open justice, media ethics, media law, social media Tagged #breivik, #spook, anders breivik, cameras in court, gareth williams, stv, twitter Leave a comment
Is scraping legal?
Originally posted on ScraperWiki Data Blog:
Lots of people, when they hear about ScraperWiki, ask “is scraping legal? how can you build a business off that?”. Usually to follow up by saying “we do it in our company, but we…
Posted in blogging, digital open justice, social media Tagged francis irving, legal issues, scraperwiki, screen scraping, technology Leave a comment
Open Justice Week is here
Open Justice Week, a Scottish initiative launched by James Doleman and Cristiana Theodoli, has kicked off. The liveliest conversations are in the Facebook group and on Twitter but you can also follow the blog here, which will be tracking people’s … Continue reading
Inforrm blog: Law and Media Round Up – 9 January 2012
Pop over to the Inforrm blog for my first round up of 2012. The legal vacation is not over until Wednesday but there is still plenty to report. Over the winter break Inforrm offered you a review of 2011 and … Continue reading
What would the Man on the Clapham Omnibus make of digital media law?
The view of the “reasonable man” on the Clapham Omnibus has been considered since (at least) 1932, but what would he make of behaviour in the digital environment? I’ve long been interested in the comprehension of media law by normal, … Continue reading
Leveson Inquiry – follow the tweets live
And so begins day one of the formal Leveson Inquiry, in Court 73 at the Royal Courts of Justice. Proceedings will be streamed live from 10:30am today on the relaunched Leveson Inquiry website. The public can attend hearings although seating … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, courts, journalism, media law, newspapers, social media Tagged leveson inquiry, phone hacking, tweets, twitter Leave a comment
Legal blogging: what can it achieve?
Last night I attended a small legal blogging discussion at One Crown Office Row chambers near Temple. The panel featured David Allen Green (Jack of Kent / New Statesman), Carl Gardner (Head of Legal) and Adam Wagner (UK Human Rights Blog), … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, media law resources, online search, social media, social networking Tagged legal bloggers 7 Comments
Consultation on 'live text based communications' from court
Via the Guardian comes news that the Lord Chief Justice has launched a consultation on live reporting from court, following interim guidance issued in December 2010. Submissions will be taken from February 7 to May 4 2011. It’s good to … Continue reading
Posted in courts, digital open justice, reporting restrictions, social media Tagged court reporting, liveblogging, twitter 1 Comment
MST: Libel and the public – we're all publishers now
I’ve written a short piece for the Media Standards Trust blog about libel reform and the public, in regards to online publishing. I look at the multiple publication rule and why I think we’re only at the very beginning of … Continue reading
Posted in comment, digital open justice, social media, social networking Tagged libel reform, media standards trust Leave a comment
Draft defamation bill committee on online liability and limitation
I’ve just compiled last week’s media law round up for the Inforrm blog, which opened with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill’s first report. Its recommendations concerning internet publication jumped out at me. If adopted, they would … Continue reading →