sacre bleu!

Freedom of speech being infringed upon? Ever been bullied / fired for postings on your blog? According to my web browsing, several bloggers have. Know your rights as a blogger and as an artist (or are you referring to yourself as a designer these days?).

While perusing the resources at Designers who Blog, I came across some very useful information. Meet the fine folks at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Apparently there is a movement underway that will entitle bloggers to the same safeguards afforded to journalists who are given First Amendment protections. Further insight can be found through the following resources dating from 2005: BBC, C|Net and The Washington Post. (Look ma, all the research that I performed while obtaining my art history degree came in handy after all.)

Even if you don’t personally blog, artists need to be aware of the helpfulness offered by this nifty organization, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Wouldn’t you know that they also have a handy dandy resource list. And let's not forget the freedom 0f speech work done by the ever-popular American Civil Liberties Union and the National Coalition Against Censorship.

Don’t make me sing Bob Marley’s Get Up Stand Up. And stay tuned for another fine visual communication from yours truly.