Re: [Bug-gne]External Servers and Illegal/Extreme Content

[Imran Ghory]

On 18 Feb 2001, at 8:04, Tom Chance wrote:

> > > I would have thought that to start with we will
> > strive
> > > to host anything we can (that is informative to
> > some
> > > extent) and then worry about backing down and
> > finding
> > > alternatives when big organisations start getting
> > > tough on us. 
> > 
> > One major court case against GNE could destroy it's
> > reputation, 
> > let's build GNE so that it won't have to face a
> > court case.
> > 
> > A potential problem avoided is far a better then a
> > potential problem 
> > ignored.
> 
> And a problem acknolwedged is better than one avoided
> in this case IMO. Are we just going to give up on a
> great project because we might encounter problems?

It's not giving up, it's moving to a postition which will give the 
project long term viability and be more compatible with the original 
aim.

> And
> I doubt we'd ever get that big a court case that could
> destroy GNE. Even if there was a big court case, it
> would only get us publicity and acknowledgement.

We don't want bad publicity.

> And
> we wouldn't let it get that far. If we hosted pro-Nazi
> material, and a group in France wanted us to take it
> down, they'd have to notify us of legal matters etc.
> before we actually got to court

We could still be prosecuted for damage already done.

Imran