The Blog Herald (@blogherald) offers bloggers “a brief overview of some of the facts that you need to know in order to stay safe online. For example
1. The Web is world-wide. As such, your content will reach virtually every country and every jurisdiction in the world. As mentioned above, the facts below are based on US law but you always have to remember that what is legal in one area may not be legal in another. That can, in some situations, bite you.
2. As a blogger, you’re posting works to a public forum. Even if only a few people read your site, the law treats it largely the same as if you had screamed everything in a crowded square or printed it on the cover of your local newspaper.
3. As a blogger, you’re responsible legally for what you post and, posting anonymous or pseudonymously is not a guarantee against legal consequences. Such steps can help avoid other consequences, such as professional ones, but generally not legal ones.
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