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I like the idea! I think that it would sufficently
insulate the magazine from any responsibility especially if it is clearly stated
the "the links provided are the sole responsibility of the web page owner and do
not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Meteorite Times, which only provides
the forum for the articles and that any questions, corrections
or editorial issues be directed to the owners of the article in
question."
That is straight from our attorney who I was
fishing with yesterday. He said that clear language explaining that the
Meteorites Times is not responsible for what is presented and that the Meteorite
Times ONLY provides the forum for it to be presented should be enough to
insulate the MT.
Again we were fishing miles from his office and I
had sort of explained what had happened with the limited knowledge I have of
what led to its demise. He pointed out that infomercials are presented on TV
stations and the stations are not liable for the information and products that
they present because they state that they do not endorse the
product/information.
Hope this helps....
Mark M.
Phoenix AZ
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 11:58
PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] re METEORITE
TIMES From Paul and Jim
Hi all,
Below is
a post from Paul and Jim. The list is not accepting their
posts, so,
Paul asked me to foreword them for him. (another follows
regarding the
TUCSON SHOW GUIDE).
It is a
fascinating aside that this idea occurred SIMOTANIOUSLY
to both Paul and I
completely independently, shortly after a phone
call between us
yesterday. When I called him to tell him of "my" idea,
he laughed and said
he had been talking to his wife about it for the last
20 minutes. When we
compared notes, we had come to the same idea
at EXACTLY the same time. I
believe it may be divinely inspired. The
outcome is, I think you will all
agree, a divine one!
I don't
know what is wrong with the list, but I HOPE everyone is
getting the few
posts I see getting through, which include Ron Balke's,
Anne Black's,
Mark's and mine, but no others since around noon today
(Sat,)
So, here we
go:
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 15:42:19
-0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Paul
Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please read,
discuss, and let us know.
Dear List,
The closing down of the
MeteoriteTimes web site was a preemptive decision
based upon recent events
which demonstrated our high level of exposure to
lawsuits. Let us be
clear. The magazine was NOT sued. But The Meteorite
Exchange, Inc. has in
the past had to defend itself on more than one occasion. We've learned
through experience how to better protect ourselves from groundless and dropped
litigations that only waste money and time.
Jim and I are finally
sitting side by side and think that we have found a
solution to the
liability issues faced by the publication of MeteoriteTimes.
The
possible solution to the vacuum we created by ending MeteoriteTimes,
would
be the creation of a venue where any person wanting to write a
meteorite
/tektite related article would be able to send us the link to their
article which resides on their own web page.
We would provide
the shell of structure and organization for this
collection of links only.
We would not have copyright, nor editorial responsibilities, nor
liabilities for the consequences of the contents
contained in said linked
to articles.
We could preserve as much of the look and feel of the
original magazine as
possible. Links and indexes will function much as
before with the linked to
articles appearing in the main frame as before.
We would also offer technical support and graphics ideas and possibly
blank page templates.
This venue could have the potential of becoming a
greater resource of
meteorite related material than could ever have been
possible before.
Best wishes,
Jim and
Paul
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Paul
Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Tobin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Meteorite
Exchange, Inc. http://www.meteorite.com
PMB#455
P.O. Box 7000, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
USA
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