Logomacy
Between logomachy and logomancy . . .

Shaenon Garrity, author of my favorite webcomic, Narbonic, just sent this to the mailing list:

This year, for the first time, Narbonic is nominated in the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards (www.ccawards.com). It’s nominated in two categories, Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Comedic Comic. During the WCCA voting period, from now until July 3, the entire Narbonic archives on www.moderntales.com will be free to all readers. Although Narbonic always offers free samples from the archives, this is the first time the entire five-year archive has been made available to non-subscribers since Modern Tales launched.

Since I know that some of you that I’ve recommended it to have been put off by having to pay to read the archives, now’s your chance to catch up free, gratis, and for nothing.

EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Whether you’re a newly minted blogger or a relative old-timer, you’ve been seeing more and more stories pop up every day about bloggers getting in trouble for what they post.

Like all journalists and publishers, bloggers sometimes publish information that other people don’t want published. You might, for example, publish something that someone considers defamatory, republish an AP news story that’s under copyright, or write a lengthy piece detailing the alleged crimes of a candidate for public office.

The difference between you and the reporter at your local newspaper is that in many cases, you may not have the benefit of training or resources to help you determine whether what you’re doing is legal. And on top of that, sometimes knowing the law doesn’t help - in many cases it was written for traditional journalists, and the courts haven’t yet decided how it applies to bloggers.

And if you’re a blogger, you might consider joining the EFF.