Links ARCHIVE: CNET News.com - Crackdown On Blogs Coming
Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over.
http://news.com.com/The+coming+crackdown+on+blogging/2008-1028_3-5597079.html?tag=nefd.pop
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EDIT: On this note, you might want to read what is being said about this on 2 sites:
In this case, what would happen to Neowin if it were to publish something from a 'unknown source'?
SOURCE: CNET news.com
By Declan McCullagh March 3, 2005, 4:00 AM PT
In just a few months, he warns, bloggers and news organizations could risk the wrath of the federal government if they improperly link to a campaign's Web site. Even forwarding a political candidate's press release to a mailing list, depending on the details, could be punished by fines.
Smith should know. He's one of the six commissioners at the Federal Election Commission, which is beginning the perilous process of extending a controversial 2002 campaign finance law to the Internet.
In 2002, the FEC exempted the Internet by a 4-2 vote, but U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last fall overturned that decision. "The commission's exclusion of Internet communications from the coordinated communications regulation severely undermines" the campaign finance law's purposes, Kollar-Kotelly wrote....
For more, click on the link provided...
- Neowin: Judge rules in Apples favor against Bloggers (ThinkSecret)
- SlashDot (Also has links to editorials on subject)
In this case, what would happen to Neowin if it were to publish something from a 'unknown source'?
SOURCE: CNET news.com
The coming crackdown on blogging
By Declan McCullagh March 3, 2005, 4:00 AM PT
In just a few months, he warns, bloggers and news organizations could risk the wrath of the federal government if they improperly link to a campaign's Web site. Even forwarding a political candidate's press release to a mailing list, depending on the details, could be punished by fines.
Smith should know. He's one of the six commissioners at the Federal Election Commission, which is beginning the perilous process of extending a controversial 2002 campaign finance law to the Internet.
In 2002, the FEC exempted the Internet by a 4-2 vote, but U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last fall overturned that decision. "The commission's exclusion of Internet communications from the coordinated communications regulation severely undermines" the campaign finance law's purposes, Kollar-Kotelly wrote....
For more, click on the link provided...