Wednesday, March 09, 2005

This case could affect the future of bloggers and Web site publishers

Wednesday, March 9, 2005 (SF Chronicle)
Net buzzing on bloggers' status/First Amendment issues become hot topic in chat rooms
Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

With a Santa Clara County judge still weighing the issue of whether bloggers and online publishers can be considered journalists, there is a wide range of sentiments already posted in the Internet's court of public opinion.... The case could affect the future of bloggers and Web site publishers because lawyers defending the sites have asked Judge James Kleinberg to rule that the sites should be granted the same First Amendment protections afforded to traditional journalists...

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