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On 14/01/13 01:25, Edward Finlayson wrote: > To state that the effort of attempting to protect the LUG as a whole from the > current UK legal system by the simple measure of distancing editorial rights from > the website (and group) to the author is both unfortunate and short-sighted as has > been proved repeatedly in recent times with the cases with both twitter and > facebook within the last six months. The only reasons that these organisations > were themselves not liable in the cases where have been successfully prosecuted is > the enforcement of their terms and conditions upon registration and the > publication of the disclaimer prior to the inflammatory postings. If you think > that digital publishing exempts you from having to publish responsibly and without > assumption, you are mistaken. As has clearly been passed down in a series of crown > and high court judgments within the last year. Even 'boilerplate legalese' is > better than sticking our collective heads in the sand in this instance. The law, > such it is at the moment is incredibly clear on this: Ignorance is no defense, and > to do nothing would be worse than doing something badly as that would at least > demonstrate intent. > > Again, just an opinion. Personally, I would not choose to call something that > could legally protect the group and its individual members from the legal bottom > feeders (read no-win, no-fee lawyers) for the sake of a bit of decent research > pathetic. Furthermore, most contracts, wills and disclaimers, used commonly today > could be described as boiler-plate in some way. > > Sorry if you find the debate offensive, but that does not negate the need for it. > > Fin. > > Sent from my BlackBerry® > No, no, no. Just look at the world around you. Nothing, and I really mean *NOTHING*, can protect you from the broken legal system, aggressive and morally-compromised litigants and knee jerk modifications to said broken system when it seems to serve the government's interest. It is quite literally impossible to cover your ass. God himself could not keep himself out of the courts these days. So either yank the website entirely, or just accept the prima facie evidence that any attempt to half-heartedly legally protect yourself is utterly worthless. I can't believe we're even having this conversation. Wake up chief, it's 2013 and we live in a bankrupt, corrupt society. Take a look around. Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq