Tag Archives: free speech

Blogging Insurance & Quoting the Associated Press

By Andy Beard | Published: June 21, 2008
Could social news aggregators such as Digg, Techmeme & Technorati be sued for copyright infringement because the frequently used lead for a story often encompasses the core story? Larger concerns will no doubt have their own team of lawyers, but do bloggers need Blogging Insurance? The idea of specific insurance policies for bloggers, as a form of liability insurance to cover defamation cases has been around for some time. It seems even Jason Calacanis at one time was thinking of entering the market
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ePerks & iHype – Legal Kneejerk – Sues Blogger

By Andy Beard | Published: June 9, 2008
I had intended to do a followup this week with more scathing evidence of ePerks shilling all over the blogosphere, but ePerks have pre-empted that by taking some rather unusual and desperate action... Remember I am not a lawyer, and this is a stong opinion piece. I am trying extremely hard to create an assertion of fact dressed up as an opinion

ePerks Are Suing Vlad

I found out on Saturday from Vlad that he is being sued by ePerks. My previous post on ePerks and iHype was just the tip of the iceburg of the information that is being collected, both prior to the legal action, and plans for the future. Here are the documents served on Vlad.
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