Social Media & the Law
"One key, defining principle of things that are "digital" is that they can be very easily copied, compressed and transmitted.
In other words, "digital" and "free" (in every sense, not just the monetary sense) go together like Morecambe and Wise,
fish and chips, or banks and bailout.
"This is something that the media, their ruling institutions, governments and regulators are all currently coming to terms with:
once something is digitised, the ability over time to control it, charge for it, regulate it or contain it exponentially decreases."
-Emily Bell, Director of Digital Content, The Guardian, 23 March 2009
"Newspapers feed on free info, which reporters scoop up and package.
Some then imagine they own not only the package, but the info."
-Steve Yelvington, via Twitter, 12;54, 08 April 2009
"The aggregators and plagiarists will soon have to pay a price for the co-opting of our content. But if we do not take advantage of the current movement toward paid content, it will be the content creators – the people in this hall – who will pay the ultimate price and the content kleptomaniacs who triumph.”
- Rupert. Murdoch, at the opening session of the World Media Summit in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, 9 October 2009.
This Wiki aims to provide a resource for media organisations who are incorporating social media into their interactions with internal and external groups.
- Policies (General)
- Legal issues & resource list
- Ethical concerns
- Unspilling the milk (When things go wrong)
- Special focus on:
The Wiki was established after a discussion between Journalism Leaders Programme participants, who welcome contribute here and also feedback at leaders@ukjournalism.org , or on Twitter @jleaders
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