Re: [Bug-gne]Ideologies vs. Practicality in GNE

[Mike Warren]

Tom Chance <address@hidden> writes:

> When it comes to legal issues though, we get in a tangle. We can't
> afford to have libel claims against us, [..]

IANAL, but if we don't subject any article to ``review'' beyond
determining that it contains readable text couldn't we claim to be
more along the lines of an ISP or telephone company? That is, that
we're merely providing a place for people to publish their articles,
for which they themselves must take full responsibility?

> It would also be good if we could somehow put the responsibility for
> the articles onto the authors, and not GNE, but I'm not sure that is
> possible either.

USENET servers aren't responsible for USENET posts...

> * Must not make claims against any individual or organisation that
> is still alive/ is likely to be damaged by the article's claims.

I completely disagree.

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