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What should I do if I get sued for what I blogged?
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A few resources:
EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers
The California Anti-SLAPP Project
Also, always feel free to write ask@eff.org if you have concerns about being sued for blogging and we can try to give you more specific information on your issues!
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If you've been sued for speaking your mind about something you may have the basis for a counter-suit. This kind of legal abuse is called a SLAPP suit.
Wikipedia defines a SLAPP suit as "a form of litigation filed by a large organization or in some cases an individual plaintiff, to intimidate and silence a less powerful critic by so severely burdening them with the cost of a legal defense that they abandon their criticism."
If this describes your situation you should have no problem getting a lawyer to defend you pro bono because the law dictates that any instigator of a SLAPP suit is liable to cover all legal costs of its victim. Winning a SLAPP suit case can be a windfall for an attorney.
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Inappropriate?It depends on what you blogged. Did you publish obscenities? Did you defame someone? Did you violate someone's copyright? Did you publish an image of them without their permission? -
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Inappropriate?If you've been sued for speaking your mind about something you may have the basis for a counter-suit. This kind of legal abuse is called a SLAPP suit.
Wikipedia defines a SLAPP suit as "a form of litigation filed by a large organization or in some cases an individual plaintiff, to intimidate and silence a less powerful critic by so severely burdening them with the cost of a legal defense that they abandon their criticism."
If this describes your situation you should have no problem getting a lawyer to defend you pro bono because the law dictates that any instigator of a SLAPP suit is liable to cover all legal costs of its victim. Winning a SLAPP suit case can be a windfall for an attorney.
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Inappropriate?A few resources:
EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers
The California Anti-SLAPP Project
Also, always feel free to write ask@eff.org if you have concerns about being sued for blogging and we can try to give you more specific information on your issues!
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