Comments on: Gird Your Loins – The Lawyers Are Coming http://www.crttbuzzbin.com/2010/01/26/gird-your-loins-%e2%80%93-the-lawyers-are-coming/ Musings and analysis on marketing, buzz and communications. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: friedgreenbananafish http://www.crttbuzzbin.com/2010/01/26/gird-your-loins-%e2%80%93-the-lawyers-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-197785 friedgreenbananafish Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:51:04 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/?p=4444#comment-197785 I find this very interesting, as there are no libel/slander laws set in the world of social media. How can we as bloggers protect ourselves? After all, the majority of blogs are mere opinion pieces anyway - they don't have the same level of authority that professional news organizations do. Do we really need to worry about defending ourselves? On the other hand, how many times have we all seen pictures or comments our "friends" have posted about us on Facebook that we'd like to see taken down? Do these people own the rights to our images or private conversations? Must we start hiding our faces from the populist paparazzi to keep unflattering pictures off the internet? I'll be very interested to see how privacy laws will evolve to deal with this in future. I find this very interesting, as there are no libel/slander laws set in the world of social media. How can we as bloggers protect ourselves? After all, the majority of blogs are mere opinion pieces anyway – they don’t have the same level of authority that professional news organizations do. Do we really need to worry about defending ourselves?

On the other hand, how many times have we all seen pictures or comments our “friends” have posted about us on Facebook that we’d like to see taken down? Do these people own the rights to our images or private conversations? Must we start hiding our faces from the populist paparazzi to keep unflattering pictures off the internet?

I’ll be very interested to see how privacy laws will evolve to deal with this in future.

]]> By: Davina K. Brewer http://www.crttbuzzbin.com/2010/01/26/gird-your-loins-%e2%80%93-the-lawyers-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-196874 Davina K. Brewer Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:30:37 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/?p=4444#comment-196874 This will continue to be a hot topic, as what someone says or days in social media will become actionable. IE if someone apologizes for product or service shortcomings...that's an admission of guilt. Could someone use that tweet or blog post to sue for refund, damages? Where there is reward, there is risk and fully open social media does not work for all companies and brands. Some cultures will embrace social media, others hide from it behind the legal fine print. FWIW. This will continue to be a hot topic, as what someone says or days in social media will become actionable. IE if someone apologizes for product or service shortcomings…that’s an admission of guilt. Could someone use that tweet or blog post to sue for refund, damages?

Where there is reward, there is risk and fully open social media does not work for all companies and brands. Some cultures will embrace social media, others hide from it behind the legal fine print. FWIW.

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