It's called "purple" because it's a separate domain, Villanova is
only hosting it. But you already know that, don't you?
My domain is hosted cruisingforsex.com servers which, in turn, sit in
a server farm owned by yet another domain. Neither of them is
"responsible" for my content but, if I were doing something
interesting to law enforcement, you can bet they'd both be contacted
and my domain could easily be removed.
Frankus
Sleek. Edgy. Infinitely flexible
On Jul 30, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Anthony West wrote:
Wilma,
I don't know. Is Villanova responsible for our content, right now,
on UC-list?
Your second point does make some sense to me. But how to control
it? Large universities are mare's nests of email accounts and
websites. You can find some pretty bizarre pages on some of them.
Maybe Kyle's listserve should include some sort of standard
disclaimer of university affiliation for walk-ins. Or maybe ....
While we're on it, how did UC-list come to be called "purple"
instead of "villanova"?
-- Tony West
I don’t think Penn is sponsoring the group. What I meant is they
are the owner of the domain in which gives them a certain
responsibility for its content, doesn’t it.
As for your second point about group credibility, it is rather the
appearance of credibility. That is to say, if I was looking for a
listserv forum i this area and I ran across the UC Neighbors and
saw upenn.edu in its address, I would probably think if I didn’t
know better that this Neighbors listserv is affiliated with the
university because it is under their domain.
If I see a forum under cbsnews.com, or citibank.com or
harvard.edu, I would most likely assume these would under their
domains and subject to all regulations therein.
Wilma
