4 Legal Issues Bloggers Must Understand

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4 Legal Issues Bloggers Must Understand
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Instruction
Most companies use a business blogger to promote
their services and increase their profits.
Several countries like the Philippines aims for a
successful advertisement. It is the primary
target of an enterprise, most significantly, for
an influencer marketing company. Though blogs are
meant for freedom of speech and are individually
published on the web, there are still rules and
laws that must be followed, particularly if it is
a public blog and its purpose is to influence or
persuade other people.
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• Here are the 4 Legal Issues Bloggers Must
  Understand

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Copyright Law

• This is the most fundamental law when it comes to
  any publications. One must not plagiarize others
  work and claimed it as your own. The law is made
  to protect the hard work of the creator.
  Everything that is included in the blog post
  belonged to the original owner. Images, audio,
  and video content are prohibited to be forged.
  For the novice bloggers, some sources are
  free-licensed and can be used without having any
  issues while for the long time bloggers, to
  prevent people from stealing your content, a
  copyright symbol must be displayed on every page
  of the website.

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Privacy Law

• Netizens must be aware and assured that their
  private profile and information would be
  excellently secured within your site and it will
  not be taken for granted. The most suggested
  thing to do for this affirming is to create a
  private policy that will inform everyone that
  everything on your blog will be highly
  confidential and will not be used for unnecessary
  purposes.

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Defamation

• It is the act of declaring a false statement
  against other people. In the world of bloggers,
  the right term is libel. It refers to a
  defamation made through any publication media
  that harms ones reputation. The influence of the
  content on the Internet are massively huge to the
  society. Think before you write and publish
  because everything stated on your blog will be
  criticized by the readers.

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Trademark

• Trademarks are used to indicate an ownership to
  any brand or product. Blogs that are affiliated
  with a business company must use a brand to
  indicate that they are advertising the business.
  Those blogs who do not have any connection to a
  company must not use a name because itll result
  to as you are endorsing the company without their
  permission. Notably, on the blogs who negatively
  affect the readers perspective.

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• In every disobeyed law, there is a particular
  punishment. Bloggers must be acquainted with
  rules. Keep in mind that there must always be a
  discipline and integrity included in your every
  blog post. Readers can be easily attached on what
  they see and read on the social media. With this
  generation that is significantly covered by the
  technology, recklessness is not an option. There
  are some events for bloggers that discusses
  about-about the proper guidelines for writing a
  blog. It is recommended for all the bloggers to
  attend this kind of meetings. If you ever
  encounter such problems regarding the legal
  issues, you must consult a lawyer before taking
  any action. Your posts will define you so grab
  your time before publishing any content.