ArticlesUser Generated Content: Recent Developments in Canada and the USPublished: 10/24/2011 By Jessica Fingerhut, Leonard Glickman The growing popularity of user-generated content (UGC), material uploaded to the Internet by website users, is relatively recent. Legal theories are still developing on the issue of liability for those who post and those that facilitate or otherwise enable such posting. This article, written by Len Glickman and Jessica Fingerhut provides an overview of UGC, discusses legal issues related to its use, and offers some “best practices” to minimize liability. |