Social networking and the law

Writing for FindLaw, Kevin Fayle has a piece on the legal issues (from a US perspective) surrounding the use of social networking sites:

It seems that everyone is a member of a social network these days. Whether it's your kids on MySpace and Facebook, or your colleagues on LinkedIn, people are taking advantage of these new online meeting spaces to make friends, communicate and expand business opportunities.

But what are the legal obligations that arise out of the use of social networks, both for the user and the sites themselves? The law in this area is still relatively unsettled, but some recent developments have created intriguing precedent, and legislation in motion promises to keep things interesting for the foreseeable future.

Read more here.

Comments

[JP]

Interesting article; an Australian-equivalent would be even better!