Comments on: Libel Insurance – Any cover for bloggers? http://www.mulley.net/2007/01/12/libel-insurance-any-cover-for-bloggers/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Peter http://www.mulley.net/2007/01/12/libel-insurance-any-cover-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-916714 Peter Wed, 06 May 2009 12:15:47 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1864#comment-916714 Have any bloggers taken out libel insurance, and if so, with whom? Do you reckon it's a necessity? Have any bloggers taken out libel insurance, and if so, with whom? Do you reckon it’s a necessity?

]]> By: TJ McIntyre http://www.mulley.net/2007/01/12/libel-insurance-any-cover-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-132911 TJ McIntyre Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:55:19 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1864#comment-132911 An indemnity doesn't mean that Publication X is no longer liable to victim Y. Instead it means that Publication X, having paid off victim Y, can pursue hapless freelancer Z for the sum paid to Y. (Plus costs, of course. Let's not forget the costs. You can be sure that us lawyers won't.) An indemnity doesn’t mean that Publication X is no longer liable to victim Y. Instead it means that Publication X, having paid off victim Y, can pursue hapless freelancer Z for the sum paid to Y. (Plus costs, of course. Let’s not forget the costs. You can be sure that us lawyers won’t.)

]]> By: Cian http://www.mulley.net/2007/01/12/libel-insurance-any-cover-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-130344 Cian Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:34:16 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1864#comment-130344 Even as a young staff journalist a libel writ could be a career-ending notice, or so our lecturers continue to tell us. Even as a young staff journalist a libel writ could be a career-ending notice, or so our lecturers continue to tell us.

]]> By: John Handelaar http://www.mulley.net/2007/01/12/libel-insurance-any-cover-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-129543 John Handelaar Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:28:16 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1864#comment-129543 If they're not naming names and mentioning which UK publications are engaging in a practice which'd get them blacklisted by the NUJ, I'd vote for 'making shit up in order to sell policies'. If they’re not naming names and mentioning which UK publications are engaging in a practice which’d get them blacklisted by the NUJ, I’d vote for ‘making shit up in order to sell policies’.

]]> By: Goodshape http://www.mulley.net/2007/01/12/libel-insurance-any-cover-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-129462 Goodshape Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:47:37 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1864#comment-129462 I'd imagine that 'freelancers' is the key word there. You're essentially working for yourself and selling them a story, so you gotta cover your own ass. Just a guess really. I'm not a journalist. I’d imagine that ‘freelancers’ is the key word there. You’re essentially working for yourself and selling them a story, so you gotta cover your own ass.

Just a guess really. I’m not a journalist.

]]> By: Fergus Cassidy » Blog Archive » Libel insurance follow-up http://www.mulley.net/2007/01/12/libel-insurance-any-cover-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-129247 Fergus Cassidy » Blog Archive » Libel insurance follow-up Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:40:39 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1864#comment-129247 [...] Damien wonders: ‘I would have thought the publications as the ones publishing were the ones liable, contract or no’. [...] [...] Damien wonders: ‘I would have thought the publications as the ones publishing were the ones liable, contract or no’. [...]

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