Bloggers Beware: Debunking Eight Copyright Myths of the Online World

By Kathy Biehl

Kathy Biehl advises authors, businesses and Website developers on issues of copyright protection and use. LLRX.com’s After Hours and Research Roundup columnist and co-author of The Lawyer’s Guide to Internet Research, she is an attorney licensed to practice in New Jersey. and Texas.

Published November 28, 2004

Misinformation has a way of taking root online and turning into virtual kudzu. Some species, such as the NPR petition and other e-mail hoaxes that will not die, are merely an annoyance. Others, however, are actively molding behavior. And the misinformation that’s flying around about copyright is encouraging people to do things that are not merely illegal, but potentially extremely costly. . . .