On 12 Jul 00 at 17:29, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> >Regarding copyright, my own attorney has advised me to have
> >consistent and appropriate disciplinary policies in place for any
> >copyright violations, along with a stern warning against copyright
> >and trademark violations.
>
> this is what I do (and have always done). My new list rules
> explicitly say that if you do this, you're responsible for it, also.
> which may not help on legal liability, but makes it clear what *my*
> intent is. On the other hand, I don't consider simply saying "it's
> your fault" is a sufficient policy, because unless you police it,
> you're implicitly approving it.
I have a fairly simple catch-all clause for my publicly-archived list,
though I don't use it on my closed, private list.
The public list (which requires full postal address etc anyway) also
requires as a condition of membership that all zubzcribers first
write and confirm their acceptance of each of 7 conditions of
membership, including:
4/ Your acceptance that messages posted to the [xxxlist] will be
publicly archived on the world-wide web.
5/ An assurance that you will indemnify [xxx organisation] against
any consequences arising from your use of the [xxxlist], and that
you will not use the [xxxlist] to defame anyone or to promote
illegal activities.
PPl are required to indicate their acceptance of each individual
point, just to be sure there is no misunderstanding.
It may not be watertight, but it concentrates ppls minds very
usefully. However, I guess it would be pretty useless if you
didn't also get ppls full contact details too.
Best wishes,
Claire
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