http://inquisitr.disqus.com/enMon, 29 Jun 2009 18:06:40 -0000http://www.inquisitr.com/3625/media-bloggers-association-launches-blogging-insurance-program/#comment-11914823Blog Insurance sounds like a much needed protection for we bloggers. Where can I buy a Blog Insurance policy? -- how much does it cost?jacob2020Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:06:40 -0000http://www.inquisitr.com/3625/media-bloggers-association-launches-blogging-insurance-program/#comment-2526349Adam,<br><br>EFF, Citizen Media Law Project and others have some great resources for bloggers. We work with these groups and others and link them from our site. And of course bloggers have rights. As newspapers and other traditional media organizations learned long ago, it is not simply a matter of having rights but being able to DEFEND those rights. If a blogger cannot afford to put on a defense the plaintiff wins by default. The sad fact is that most bloggers cave right from the outset and most litigants know this. Bloggers need a credible threat in order to deter potential litigants and few have the financial or legal resources to do so. That is why we went out two years ago looking for an insurance company willing to create this new type of insurance.<br><br>We recognize that many bloggers will not see the need for insurance or believe it to be an unnecessary cost. That's fine. We're not selling insurance (the MBA does not make a dime, directly or indirectly, from the insurance program). We just want to make sure that for those who DO want it, its' there. We are convinced from hard won experience helping more bloggers than any other organization respond to legal threats that the long-term sustainability of citizen media depends on bloggers having access to the same sorts of legal resources as the often deep-pocketed, highly-motivated plaintiffs going after them.<br><br>The Media Bloggers Association has helped bloggers in hundreds of cases since 2004. Not only are we offering a program to obtain insurance from Media/Professional, the largest media liability insurance company in the world, but we have greatly expanded our network of law firms willing in our MBA Legal Referral Program where MBA members can get a free consult including some simple do's and don'ts of responding to a legal threat, risk assessment, and a review of potential costs of mounting a defense and the potential size of a judgement in the event the case is lost.RobertCoxMon, 22 Sep 2008 18:38:43 -0000http://www.inquisitr.com/3625/media-bloggers-association-launches-blogging-insurance-program/#comment-2513616Its probably worth mentioning that the EFF also has some great online resources regarding <a href="http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/" rel="nofollow">blogger's rights</a>. There a certain rights and protections bloggers legally have, regardless of whether they're paying for insurance or not.adamvargaSun, 21 Sep 2008 23:13:10 -0000