Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Disclaimers and responsibility

[Carsten K. <car...@ma...>]

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiCopyRights

talks about wiki copyright issues, somewhat related to disclaimers.

Carsten

On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 07:48  am, John Kershaw wrote:

> 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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