[IMC-Boston-Editorial] adding a disclaimer to our site

[Sofia JarrinT]

Well, there's also the SCHAC 7 case:
  http://www.phillyimc.org/or/2006/03/19316.shtml
  
  They got a sentence not for actually perpetrating acts of "threats,  harassment and vandalism" but for posting such info on their website...  I'm not clear if they posted the info themselves or if people who  visited the website did so.
  
  I think the additional Disclaimer would help (or something similar), but I would like to know what others think...
  
  -Sofia

"Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon at csail.mit.edu> wrote:  

The Sherman Austin case is particularly ridiculous as the person who
actually posted the content was not prosecuted while Austin who
provided hosting service with no content oversight got screwed hard.

Read it, it will piss you off...

Does the longer disclaimer really provide us a benefit?  If it does
I'm ok with it.  I wouldn't want to change it unless there's some
reasonable assurance that it's actually better for us.

-Jon


On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:32:01AM -0800, Sofia JarrinT wrote:
:  Hi guys,
:  
:  I've been doing a lot of work for class about how the FBI's persecution  of environmentalists and activists like Sherman Austin. I would like to  add a more extensive disclaimer on our site to make sure our rights are  protected, since the rules of the game & free speech have deroded  quite a bit since 911...
:  
: Currently, the only thing we have  on the site for our protection is "Boston IMC neither endorses nor  takes responsibility for newswire posts." I would like to expand that  to include the following:
:   
: "The information contained  within the Boston Indymedia website and newswire are not intended to  encourage anyone to do anything illegal. Boston Indymedia's website  provides all information for journalistic, education, and research  purposes only. The information, views and opinions contained within the  information on this site are not those of the site owners or hosts."
:  
:  To read more about Sherman Austin's case see:
:  http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/148031.php?theme=1
:  
:  Let me know what you think.
:  
:  peace
:  Sofia
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