The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a group of lawyers, technologists, volunteers and visionaries defending the digital rights of bloggers worldwide. The EFF is running a campaign to support bloggers’ rights and to encourage new members. Over the next few years, bloggers are likely to be hit with both lawsuits and regulations, as blogging becomes normalized as a form of speech and political activity.
What does that foundation believe and fight for?
You have the right to blog anonymously.
You have the right to keep sources confidential.
You have the right to make fair use of Intellectual Property.
You have the right to allow readers' comments without liability.
You have the right to protect your servers from government seizure.
You have the right to blog freely about elections.
You have the right to blog about your workplace.
You have the right to access public events as media.
Know your rights and prepare to defend them.
(Via Crooked Timber)
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A caveat: the aforementioned 'rights' only apply to the US. (See http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-overview.php )
Needless to say, Singapore bloggers have to be far more circumspect.
A caveat: the aforementioned rights are fought by the EFF both inside and outside the US.
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