Re: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:16:11 -0700

Please excuse my interruption, but I would in all cases expect the original author to be accountable.
For the complete framework of the public's and BBC's legal responsibility, it is worth reading the BBC's disclaimer and House Rules.

"You also agree to indemnify the BBC against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by the BBC as a result of your breach of the above warranty"

I would suggest that Auntie has herself clearly protected, yet again..... but the question of before and after the fact censorship is still very pertinent. I expect that someone is working hard as I type to close the path of information, certainly very difficult in this case. Such a tiny idea that has huge implications, hopefully to the benefit of us all.

Humorously, (sic), it is the re-publication that would appear, under the BBC's "perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicenseable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to any such work worldwide and/or incorporate it in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content.... etc etc etc" clause.... phew!!!,  to be the reason that the site could receive a cease and desist letter for using this information, sadly.


Regards





On 25 Oct 2006, at 11:50, Kim Plowright wrote:

Any subsequent republication of the libel is also actionable, though...
 
IANAL!

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Phil Winstanley
Sent: 25 October 2006 09:03
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Subject: RE: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring

I believe it’s the “publisher” of content in Libel cases.

 

Phil.

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Martin Belam
Sent: 24 October 2006 15:44
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring

 

As someone who used to work closely with the BBC community site teams my first thought was what happens when the BBC pulls posts for legal reasons, and this site reproduces them - who ends up potentially legally liable - the site re-hosting the content, the BBC, or the original poster, even though they didn't give  explicit permission for newssniffer to re-use the content.

 

*shuffles off to consult lawyer*

 

all the best,

martin

 



 

On 24/10/06, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Thought this might be of interest to the backstage crew:

 

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