Friday, October 14, 2005

Will press laws harm bloggers?

Can bloggers be considered "journalists"? That question has been the source of a lot of debate, and it's one that may take on a slightly different flavor shortly. Congress is preparing to consider a law that will likely legislate who can be called a "journalist." And Senator Richard Lugar, one of the sponsors of the bill, thinks that <A HREF="http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1895,1870766,00.asp">probably won't include bloggers.</A> If that's the case, a law posing as a protection of journalistic integrity could turn out to have wide-ranging effects on any individual or organization that publishes content expressing any sort of message, explicit or implicit, regarding current events. Regardless of whether you're an individual blogger, an e-marketer, a media corporation, or someone selling t-shirts on CafePress, there's reason for you to take notice.

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