Micro Persuasion: Is Big Media Liable for Hosting Consumer Generated Content?

Friday, September 30, 2005

Is Big Media Liable for Hosting Consumer Generated Content?

When I spoke at the OMMA conference this week someone from a top 10 magazine asked me how news organizations such as the Austin American Statesman, Advance Internet, MSNBC, etc are dealing with verifying the legitimacy of the citizen journalism content they use. They are concerned about potential liability issues. For example, it's fairly easy for a consumer to use Photoshop to create and submit faked photographs. This particular media company I am talking to believes this is a huge issue for pro-am partnerships like these. If anyone out there can help, please leave a comment or link to this post from your own blog. Thanks.

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