On 08/10/13 15:56, Chris wrote:
I see. A private person wouldn't possibly be able to moderate the forum all the time. However, mailing lists (a forum via email) might be a different beast altogether, because everyone is writing personal email messages that are not public in the same way this forum is. So if someone writes "I think that Mr. XYZ is a **** and a ****! **** you!", nobody could possibly sue the one who founded the email forum for these comments?
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, get your own legal advice, etc. etc. (Should have written that in my previous email too. See what a minefield this international legal thing is?:-)
Generally speaking it seems like the typical experience in the UK is that if you have the means for people to report abusive or libellous material posted on your forum, and you are responsive to such reports, then it is very unlikely that any legal suit will be coming your way.
But that is "unlikely", not "impossible". Someone who had a bone to pick with you could probably still launch suit. In some circumstances I wouldn't bet against that happening if somebody's goal was to shut down a website.
