great resource on copyright in this environment generally is the material collected by Chilling Effect , a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, and George Washington School of Law clinics. People who are both bloggers AND copyright owners should check out the general descriptions there. The FAQs that are really useful in terms of US law may be found at http://www.chillingeffects.org/ Eugene just has one tip for potential copyright violators: 6) Don't do it! For copyright holders who find their work violated by a blogger , Kimberlee's tips are as follows: 7) The main point here would be: Remember that it is always better to reach agreement. A polite request to remove material will often work wonders. Do this first. Remember that bloggers always have a right of textual reply, if they think they have been wronged.
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