The Digital Journalist’s Legal Guide
http://www.rcfp.org/djlg/

The Digital Journalist’s Legal Guide is designed to assist anyone who is disseminating news online, from an independent blogger to a reporter for a major media outlet, as well as media lawyers active in this area. Topic areas include: a) Gathering News and Getting Information, such as rules for open records and meetings, access to courts, and newsgathering right of access to events/places; 2) Protecting and Defending Your Work, explaining what to do to protect sources and fight subpoenas, steps to take if there’s a threat or actual lawsuit libel, and how to handle invasion of privacy concerns; and 3) Knowing the Legal Restrictions which covers understanding basic Internet regulation and how to protect a domain name, and copyright and trademark law covering both original work and “fair use” of other materials. Each subject area is divided into easy-to-access sections with quick background on that area of the law, answers to common questions, and links to additional topics within that subject, related news items from around the Web, and legal analysis from Reporters Committee publications. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.