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Guides and Resources [1]

White Papers / Legal Primers

  • Documenting the Vote 2012 [2]
  • Guide to Reporting at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions [3]
  • Guide to the IRS Decision-Making Process under Section 501(c)(3) for Journalism and Publishing Non-Profits [4]
  • The Rise of the News Aggregator: Legal Implications and Best Practices [5]
  • Primer on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act [6]
  • Primer on Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies [7]
  • Shield Law Primer & Resources [8]
  • Live-Blogging and Tweeting from Court [9]

Publications & Newsletters

  • DMLP Blog [10]
  • Newsletter: [11]Digital Media Law Brief [11]
  • Digital Media Law Podcast [12]
  • Subscribe via RSS or Email [13]
 

Legal Dictionaries

  • Law.com: Dictionary [14]
  • Legal Information Institute: Wex [15]
  • Legal-Explanations.com: Legal Resources in Plain English [16]
  • LawGuru [17]
 

Resources on Internet Law

  • EFF: Internet Law Treatise [18]
  • EFF Legal Guide for Bloggers [19]
  • Chilling Effects Clearinghouse [20]
  • Eric Goldman, Technology & Maketing Law Blog [21]
  • The Internet Law Library [22]
 

Free Case Law Resources

  • First Amendment Library [23]
  • PreCYdent [24]
  • Legal Information Institute: Court Opinions [25]
  • Public Library of Law [26]
  • AltLaw [27]
  • Massachusetts Cases [28]
  • Justia [29]
  • FindLaw [30]
  • lexisONE [31]
  • Curia [32] (EU cases)
  • CanLII [33] (Canadian cases)
  • Internet Law Library: Online Resources [34]
 

Free Statutory Resources

  • Justia: U.S. States [35]
  • Legal Information Institute: US Code [36]
  • Electronic Code of Federal Regs [37]
  • California [38]
  • Florida [39]
  • Georgia [40]
  • Illinois [41]
  • Indiana [42]
  • Massachusetts [43]
  • Michigan [44]
  • New Jersey [45]
  • New York [46]
  • North Carolina [47]
  • Ohio [48]
  • Pennsylvania [49]
  • Texas [50]
  • Virginia [51]
  • Washington [52]
  • District of Columbia [53]
 

Free Case Dockets

  • Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets [54]
  • National Center for State Courts [55] - links to court web sites for states.
  • WSJ Law Blog [56] - additional information and links to court websites for states.
 

Legal Documents

  • docstoc: find and share professional documents
    [57]
State and Local Governments
  • State and Local Government on the Net [58]

Subject-Specific Resources

Creating a Business/Nonprofit

  • Nolo Press [59]
  • FindLaw: Ten Things to Think About: Picking a Business Form [60]
  • Findlaw: [61]Choosing the Best Ownership Structure for Your Business [61]
  • IRS: Employer Identification Number [62]
  • Eric Goldman, Co-Blogging Law [63]
  • Ideoblog: Group blog agreements [64]
  • Truth On the Market: Group Blog Agreement [65]
  • Concurring Opinions: Going Commercial [66]
  • IRS: Life Cycle of a Public Charity [67]
  • Free Management Library: Basic Guide to Non-Profit Financial Management [68]
  • Johnson Center: Nonprofit Good Practice Guide [69]
  • Free Management Library: A Complete Integrated Online Library for Nonprofits & For-Profits [70]
  • Nonprofit Law Blog [71]
  • Bruce R. Hopkins, "Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization", John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Fourth ed., 2005.
  • Anthony Mancuso, "How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation", Nolo Press, 8th ed., 2007.

Insurance

  • Volokh Conspiracy: Bloggers -- You Might Have Already Had Libel Insurance [72]

Access/Freedom of Information

  • RCFP Open Government Guide [73]
  • WikiFOIA [74]
  • Citizen Access Project [75]

Gathering and Publishing Information

  • Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press First Amendment Handbook [76]
  • CUNY Journalism School/Knight Citizen News Network: Top 10 Rules for Limiting Legal Risk [77]
  • EFF's Six Simple Steps You Can Take To Protect Your Gripe or Parody Site [78]

Third-Party Content

  • CMLP Primer on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act [79]

Intellectual Property

  • CMLP Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use [80]
  • Chilling Effects Clearinghouse [20]
  • Keep Your Copyrights [81]
  • Creative Commons, Podcasting Legal Guide [82]
  • Fenwick & West LLP: DMCA Safe Harbors De-Coded [83]
Responding to Legal Threats/Finding Help
  • Chilling Effects Clearinghouse [20]
  • Probono.net [84]
  • Public Citizen [85]
  • American Bar Association: Consumers' Guide to Legal Help: Helping Yourself [86]
  • SelfHelpSupport.org [87]
  • Mistakes to Avoid Before Hiring a Lawyer [88]
  • Knight Citizen News Network: Top 10 Rules for Limiting Legal Risk [77]

Cyberharassment and Cyberbullying Laws

  • State Cyberstalking, Cyberharassment and Cyberbullying Laws [89] - Summary with links to state statutes prepared by National Conference of State Legislatures.

Subject Area: 

  • Resources and Tools [90]

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[1] https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/guides-and-resources
[2] https://www.dmlp.org/documenting-vote-2012
[3] https://www.dmlp.org/conventions
[4] https://www.dmlp.org/irs
[5] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/news%20aggregation%20white%20paper.pdf
[6] https://www.dmlp.org/section-230
[7] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/L3C-Primer.pdf
[8] https://www.dmlp.org/ShieldLaws
[9] https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/live-blogging-and-tweeting-from-court
[10] https://www.dmlp.org/blog
[11] https://www.dmlp.org/newsletter/citizen-media-law-project-newsletter
[12] https://www.dmlp.org/blog/podcast
[13] https://www.dmlp.org/subscriptions
[14] http://dictionary.law.com/default2.asp
[15] http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page
[16] http://www.legal-explanations.com/index.htm
[17] http://www.lawguru.com/
[18] http://ilt.eff.org/index.php/Table_of_Contents
[19] http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
[20] http://www.chillingeffects.org/topics.cgi
[21] http://blog.ericgoldman.org/
[22] http://www.internet-law-library.com/
[23] http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/index.aspx
[24] http://www.precydent.com/
[25] http://www.law.cornell.edu/co.html
[26] http://www.plol.org/Pages/Search.aspx
[27] http://altlaw.org/
[28] http://masscases.com/
[29] http://www.justia.com/
[30] http://findlaw.com/
[31] http://www.lexisone.com/
[32] http://curia.europa.eu/en
[33] http://www.canlii.org/
[34] http://www.internetlibrary.com/resources.cfm
[35] http://www.justia.com/us-states/
[36] http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
[37] http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/
[38] http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
[39] http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/
[40] http://www.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode/default.asp
[41] http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp
[42] http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/
[43] http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/laws.html
[44] http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28fdht2k45yobyaeai3iudrb45%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=ChapterIndex
[45] http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=6138198&depth=2&expandheadings=off&headingswithhits=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&softpage=TOC_Frame_Pg42
[46] http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS
[47] http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/Statutes/Statutes.asp
[48] http://codes.ohio.gov/orc
[49] http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1000
[50] http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html
[51] http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal2/government_4096/codes_and_laws.html
[52] http://www.leg.wa.gov/LawsAndAgencyRules/
[53] http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=DCC-1000
[54] http://dockets.justia.com/
[55] http://www.ncsconline.org/d_kis/info_court_web_sites.html#State
[56] http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/12/06/law-blog-news-you-can-use-state-court-web-sites/
[57] http://www.docstoc.com/documents/legal/
[58] http://www.statelocalgov.net/
[59] http://nolo.com/
[60] http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/business-structures/business-structures-overview/business-structures-overview-ten-things.html
[61] http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/business-structures/business-structures-overview/business-structures-overview-choosing.html
[62] http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98350,00.html
[63] http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=898048
[64] http://busmovie.typepad.com/ideoblog/2006/01/group_blog_agre.html
[65] http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/21/group-blog-agreement
[66] http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/11/going_commercia_1.html#comments
[67] http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=122670,00.html
[68] http://www.managementhelp.org/finance/np_fnce/np_fnce.htm
[69] http://www.npgoodpractice.org/Default.aspx
[70] http://managementhelp.org/
[71] http://www.nonprofitlawblog.com/home/
[72] http://volokh.com/posts/1185312054.shtml
[73] http://www.rcfp.org/ogg/index.php
[74] http://wikifoia.pbwiki.com/
[75] http://www.citizenaccess.org/
[76] http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/index.html
[77] http://www.kcnn.org/legal_risk
[78] http://www.eff.org/wp/gripe-or-parody-sites
[79] https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/immunity-online-publishers-under-communications-decency-act
[80] https://www.dmlp.org/primer-copyright-liability-and-fair-use
[81] http://keepyourcopyrights.org/copyright/rights
[82] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide
[83] http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=d58713ac-c1f4-43a2-99c8-a6f6e214322e
[84] http://www.probono.net/
[85] http://www.citizen.org/litigation/briefs/IntFreeSpch/
[86] http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/faq_selfhelp.cfm
[87] http://www.selfhelpsupport.org/resourcesforselfrepresent378.cfm#selfhelpcenter
[88] http://consumerlawpage.com/article/howhire.shtml
[89] http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13495
[90] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/resources-tools