[Phpwiki-talk] Disclaimers and responsibility

[John K. <jo...@ke...>]

Hi,

I recently set up a wiki-based community web site for our local area 
community group, Burley Green (www.burleygreen.com). I was wondering 
what happens if someone writes something defamatory etc on the site, 
so I asked a friend. He said (and this is in the UK - YMMV):

>I have been speaking to my sister about the issue of disclaimers
>on websites. She is into web law, in fact she is doing a masters in
>it.
>
>You as webmaster are legally responsible for the content of the
>website. No disclaimer gets around this.
>
>If you don't provide usernames and passwords then you are not
>taking enough precautions (and still may not be taking enough!) to
>stop mis-use of the website. If someone did write something
>offensive, misleading etc then it will look like you set up a site for
>them to do this.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

John.
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