Media Bloggers Assocciation Lauches Education, Legal Advisory And Liability Insurance Program For Bloggers
Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Fri, 17/10/2008 - 09:42
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Publisher:
Media Bloggers Association
Publisher / Organization Main page URL:
http://www.mediabloggers.org/
Published Date:
2008
Abstract:
The Media Bloggers Association ("MBA") announced today that it has launched a comprehensive program to provide bloggers access to the same sort of legal and financial resources long available to traditional media organizations including BlogInsure, a first of its kind liability insurance program for bloggers which provides coverage for all forms of defamation, invasion of privacy and copyright infringement or similar allegations arising out of blogging activities. The cornerstone of the new program is an online course in media law developed by the Media Bloggers Association in partnership with The Poynter Institute's News University. The course, Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers and Other Online Publishers, was co-authored by David Ardia of the Citizen Media Law Project, which is jointly affiliated with Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Citizen Media and Geanne Rosenberg of the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism and Baruch College. Scott Swift of Media/Professional Insurance created an assessment to evaluate the student's understanding of the material.
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