The rise in social media has given the power to anyone or any organisation to be a blogger and share basically anything they want. One could use a blog as a personal diary, to document their learning or to review films and novels. This evolution of technology is a good thing… right? Yes and No. Mostly yes. But when you give that kind reach and power to an ass hole then all hell can break loose. It is easy to offend someone when you are posting your opinions to people all over the world who have different ideals of what is right and wrong. Although offending someone with a insensitive joke or an extensive troll might be the least of your worries as there are various legal issues that can arise when you blog like flog. The main issues you should watch out for are copyright, moral rights, trade marks, defamation  and right of publicity. Not only could your blog get taken down if you don’t follow these laws.. you could actually get in some serious legal trouble. So don’t blog like flog. Follow the laws and be a good bloke.

If you want a closer look at what you can’t do take a look at this site.

Over and Out,

Luke Egan