[imc-uk-tech] Re: [imc-uk-legal] IMC Leeds/C18 etc

[Salim Fadhley]

Lee,

Thanks for your paitience.
As a mirror operator I want as little as possible to do with anything
vaguely editorial so, I totally agree with what yoursaying. That he is a
Nazi Scumbag is a matter of opinion, which is arguably true. What allegedly
went on between him and his sister cannot be known, and would tend to
de-value the rest of the statements.

My major gripe with newswire is that it is presented in such a way to make
it easily confused (by some people) with editorial. I propose not dwelling
any longer on this case... however we do need to find a solution to these
recurring problems with newswire. I'm not sure if this is the most
appropriate forum.

Sal

On 2/20/06, Lee Salter <lee.salter at uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Sal, yes there are plenty of solicitors who will work for him. In fact
> there is an obligation to represent. Not to go over the same stuff again
> (as ekes says, it's getting boring!), but we do need to address libel. I
> think, however, that rather than hiding posts in this case (and here
> come the fireworks), is there no way tech (CCed to this email) can
> change the comments system so we can edit out libelous information (in
> this case just the words "buggered his own sister" for tech, the link is
>
> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/leedsbradford/2006/02/334026.html?c=on#c142534
> )
> that has been made apparent to us (perhaps with a link to the edited
> material as unproven and disputed claim)? This DOES NOT mean we fold to
> power and money, but that we distinguish between substantiatable
> opinion, like "Kevin Watmough is a Nazi scumbag" from actionable claims
> to fact such as "buggered his own sister"
>
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> School of Cultural Studies
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