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Mini Law School May Help Keep Digital Journalists out of Court

  • Casey Capachi
  • September 21, 2012
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David Ardia, assistant professor at the UNC School of Law moderates Friday’s panel, which focused on copyright, censorship, and privacy.
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David Ardia, assistant professor at the UNC School of Law, moderates Friday's panel, which focused on copyright, censorship and privacy. (Photo by Casey Capachi)

Attribute, attribute, attribute. As a follow-up to the popular Law School for Digital Journalists all-day workshop on Thursday, Friday’s Mini Law School for Digital Journalists panel touched on a few of the hottest topics that can land journalists in a legal firestorm.

The legal professionals on the panel were asked to share their best piece of advice to avoid getting sued.

“As people, we want to be recognized and we want to be credited,” said Tony Falzone, deputy general counsel at Pinterest. “What makes people mad oftentimes is not that they get shared more but that they get shared more without the credit back to the person who created it. As long as you recognize that really fundamental human desire, you’re going to be a lot better off than if you ignore it.”

“It’s simplistic, but if you want to do one thing to avoid getting sued, it’s taking the time to get your facts right,” said Jon Hart, general counsel to the Online News Association.

“If you’re writing stuff which is accessible in the UK, you’re going to get sued, you’re going to lose, so don’t go there,” said Mark Stephens, partner at Finers Stephens Innocent in London. “Stay in America.”

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Casey Capachi

University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

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