Article: The Shifting Legal Landscape of Blogging

An article entitled The Shifting Legal Landscape of Blogging, by attorney Jennifer L. Peterson, appears in the March 2006 issue of Wisconsin Lawyer. (Hat tip: Law Dawg Blawg.) Here’s the introduction:

The use of blogs as a forum for online communication is gaining popularity and their content is gaining influence. Yet the structure and nature of blogs raise a litany of challenging legal issues, including ones involving defamation, privacy, and copyright law. As the law catches up to this new technology, bloggers and their lawyers need to tread carefully in the shifting legal landscape of blogging.