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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:57:32 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Marc <marcaniballi () hotmail com> Date: November 20, 2005 7:51:28 PM EST To: "'David J. Farber'" <dave () farber net> Subject: RE: [IP] EFF Fights for Bloggers' Rights Maybe I should rephrase the question slightly;Would a foreign blogger, blogging on a US domiciled blog site be protected from censorship from US based interests (and foreign interests attempting to
act upon "US territory"). I understand that US jurisdiction would notprotect them personally from their own (or possibly other) governments - but
my question was more about whether the actual blog and its content is protected, having been published and hosted in a country with freedom of speech.I suppose the question might more readily be put; "Does America hold out its
freedoms to all who wish to benefit from them, regardless of theirnationality or current residence, while they or their actions are within US
jurisdiction?" (Let's leave Guantanamo out of it for now) Marc -----Original Message----- From: David J. Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 4:09 PM To: Marc Subject: RE: [IP] EFF Fights for Bloggers' Rights I seriously doubt it both in theory or practice. Dave On Nov 20 14:50, Marc <marcaniballi () hotmail com> wrote:
Subject: RE: [IP] EFF Fights for Bloggers' Rights Dave; I have an question that might be interesting;If (for example) a young chinese student is blogging on Blogger (Google) about injustice in his country or other "inappropriate" topics. Given thatthe server is in the US, is he protected by US freedom of speech, even though he isn't American? Marc -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:24 AM To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] EFF Fights for Bloggers' Rights -------- Original Message -------- Subject: EFF Fights for Bloggers' Rights Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:44:03 -0500 From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com> To: Dave <dave () farber net> CC: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> http://www.eff.org/bloggers/ EFF: Fighting for Bloggers' Rights If you're a blogger, this website is for you. EFF's goal is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you mayconfront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourageyou to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is protected. To that end, we have created the Legal Guide for Bloggers, http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/ a collection of blogger-specific FAQs addressing everything from fair use to defamation law to workplace whistle-blowing.Learn how you can help support bloggers' rights!http://www.eff.org/bloggers/badges Other ways we're fighting for your rights: Bloggers can be journalists (and journalists can be bloggers) - We're battling for legal and institutional recognition that if you engage in journalism, you're a journalist, with all of the attendant rights,privileges, and protections. http://www.eff.org/Censorship/ Apple_v_Does/Bloggers are entitled to free speech - We're working to shield you fromfrivolous or abusive threats and lawsuits. Internet bullies shouldn't use copyright, libel, or other claims to chill your legitimate speech. http://www.eff.org/legal/ISP_liability/OPG_v_Diebold/ Bloggers have the right to political speech - We're working with anumber of other public-interest organizations to ensure that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) doesn't gag bloggers' election-related speech. We argue that the FEC should adopt a presumption against the regulation of election-related speech by individuals on the Internet, and interpretthe existing media exemption to apply to online media outlets thatprovide news reporting and commentary regarding an election -- includingblogs. (See our joint comments to the FEC; [http://www.cdt.org/speech/political/20050603cdtcomments.pdf , 332K].)Bloggers have the right to stay anonymous - We're continuing our battleto protect and preserve your constitutional right to anonymous speech online, including providing a guide to help you with strategies for keeping your identity private when you blog. (See How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else).)http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php Bloggers have freedom from liability for hosting speech the same way other web hosts do - We're working to strengthen Section 230 liability protections http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-230.phpunder the Communications Decency Act (CDA) while spreading the word thatbloggers are entitled to them. (See Barrett v. Rosenthal.) http://www.eff.org/Censorship/SLAPP/Defamation_abuse/Barrett_v_Clark/ Related EFF cases: * Apple v. Does * Barrett v. Rosenthal * OPG v. Diebold * Doe Anonymity Cases Related documents: * Legal Guide for Bloggers * FEC Comments (PDF) * How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else) * -- http://htdaw.blogsource.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as marcaniballi () hotmail com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at:
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