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Lexington Jan. 22—23. Thornberry, publisher of the They were Jerry Pennington, of Dave Eldridge, of the Jessamine ,
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2003 President Sharon Tuminski as president-elect; Charlie Portmann, Donna Carman, of The Casey his time as a board member and
during the Changing of the Guard editor of the Franklin Favorite, vice- County News in District 12; Willie 2002 president.

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The meeting room at the Yes, it was a good day. the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lexington. Every seat in the room was filled.
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The laws involving Internet publ'cat'ons

By KIM GREENE ; have not ruled on the ”single publi— story (or revising it) in your online reaches those who buy it from a rack

KPA General ’, . cation rule.” Those jurisdictions archives. or a store in your community or

Counsel which adhere to the single publica- The Internet has tweaked other receive it via subscription no matter

Dinsmore 8: Shol‘l1 g5. " tion rule would likely find the simul- familiar legal issues. If you use free- where they live. Should anyone

It’s all a matter taneously published printed and lancers for news articles, feature want to sue you over allegedly

of point of View, " online versions to be one single pub— pieces, photographs or graphics, can defamatory content in your paper,

. . isn’t it? Some see » ' lication. For example, you publish a you include their pieces in your under typical court rules they would
“ ' te c h n o l o g i c al , I rig story that says Sammy 8050, a local online version as well as your print- be able to do so in the community

‘ advances as the “#335? sporting goods store owner, has ed version? As of a few years ago, where you publish and also in the
greatest thing since made secret, illegal payments to bas- the Supreme Court of the United communities where you do other

' sliced bread. (I keep waiting for ketball recruits on behalf of the local States has made it clear that this is a business transactions, such as those

: someone to come up with a replace- university. Claiming he did no such landmine. The Court said that the communities to which you mail sub-

ment for that outdated aphorism - thing, Soso threatens to sue you. He typical permission that a freelancer scriptions. The courts in those places
some reference to technology, of has one year from the date of your gave to a newspaper to publish his or would have jurisdiction over you.

. course.) Others have had to be initial publication. her materials in the printed version Think what the Internet does to
dragged kicking and screaming into It would be different for Sammy did not extend to the online version. expand the concept of jurisdiction.
the cyber age. Soso in jurisdictions which reject the This is a function of copyright law. Anyone anywhere around the globe

Case in point: The Internet — single publication rule. Online The Court said that the copyright can reach your Web site and can read
which enables us to have Web sites. archives make news articles readily owner (the freelancer) owns a bundle or download your news articles.

' The Web sites, of course, allow us to available to members of the public of rights vis a vis her photograph. Does that mean that the courts in
put our newspapers online, which for lengthy periods of time. This The freelancer can license or author- every community around the globe
allows us to reach new constituents means it’s possible that someone ize you to exploit some or all of those have jurisdiction over you should
and be active members of the let could download the defamatory arti- rights. To be safe, your agreement someone in a remote locale feel
century. All good things, right? cle three months or eight months or needs to be in writing and explicit. defamed and want to sue you?

Well, all good things, and all new two years after its original publica- For many years, newspapers This issue has been controversial
things, come with new responsibili— tion in the printed and online ver— assumed that authorization from a in the courts for the last several
ties and obligations. Online publica- sions. Some courts would say that freelancer to use her photo in the years. Recently, most courts are say-
tion is no different. each of those downloads represents a printed paper extended to use of it ing that anything other than a purely
The question came up recently new publication. online. The Supreme Court held, passive website could give rise to 3
about corrections. If we have a rea- The importance of that, of course, however, that the online version of remote jurisdiction. Some examples

‘ son to correct a news story, is it is that each new publication triggers most newspapers is sufficiently dif— of situations where courts have
enough to do it in the printed news- the start of the one year statute of ferent from the printed version (e.g., found jurisdiction based on website
paper? Or must we also do it in the limitations for a defamation claim. differences in format, differences in publications include where the news—
online version? Of course, we’re all Therefore, Sammy 8030 would have electronic searchability) that using paper’s Web site encouraged users to
used to the mechanisms for publish- a new lawsuit against you (and a the freelancer’s piece was a separate subscribe to a mailing list, and where
ing the correction in our printed new one-year window in which to publication, requiring explicit per- the newspaper’s Web site directly

. newspaper. Remembering to do it in file it) whenever he read your story mission. solicited business and allowed
the online version is another matter. online, even if he first read it 14 To guard against this problem, we prospective customers to download
And it can be a hassle. months after its initial publication. have been urging all KPA member applications and request services
Unfortunately,it’sanecessary hassle. Since the Kentucky courts have newspapers to do two things. First, online, and where reporters had

For many legal purposes, the not yet been faced with this issue, we be sure you have written contracts made contacts in the remote jurisdic—
online version of your newspaper is don’t know whether they would with all of your freelancers. Second, tion to gather news about this partic-

' an entirely different publication from adopt the single publication rule or be sure those contracts contain lan- ular story.

‘ your printed paper. This is true even not. Until we know, the moral of this guage which makes it clear that the Why is the concept of jurisdiction

. if it is Virtually identicalincontent to story is that it pays to be vigilant freelancer is giving you permission important to you? It’s because if a
the printed version. That has several about correcting your online version to use her material in any medium court in Oregon, Maine or Florida
ramifications. as well as your printed version. you choose. If any KPA member has jurisdiction over you, it can com-

‘ For one, if your news story When you are aware that a bad, and would like the Hotline attorneys to pel you to defend a lawsuit in that

.7 defames someone it is possible that potentially defamatory, mistake has review your freelancer contract, state rather than here in Kentucky.

1‘ the printed version and the online been made in your newspaper, you you’re welcome to send it to us. Having to defend a lawsuit in a
version would be two separate should also consider going beyond A third issue is jurisdiction. The remote state, among other things,

, defamations. The Kentucky courts the correction and removmg the printed ver51on of your newspaper See INTERNET on Page 9

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