Angela,
Presumably this equally applies in the MDD Supporters Area ?
Angela,
Presumably this equally applies in the MDD Supporters Area ?
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I know that yourself and the other forum staff do your best to deal with situations, but legally it wouldn't be the responsibility of the forum owner(s), wouldn't it be the poster that received blame?
I'm starting to get the picture. The example above was provable in this instance, but that isn't always the case?
As the Supporters area is not viewable publicly, the rules are more relaxed in there (as they've always been), but obviously that doesn't mean that we would allow clearly libellous statements to be posted The ability to discuss things privately that aren't for public consumption is one of the reasons that the Supporters forum was created.
Wrong! The owners of the forum are the 'publishers' and therefore can be held legally liable as such.
(Maybe a few pennies might drop here, and people may begin to understand why we have some of the rules that we do have in place )
How about making the entire forum, or the main discussion forums (eg Mobile & MDD Chat) private?
I'm guessing almost all of it is publicly viewable for different reasons?
Understood, Angela.
I dont think I have ever done it, but I take your point.
Do you really want me to play that?
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This is a point I've mentioned before. Anyone who puts anything at all on the world wide web is classed as a "publisher" in the eyes of the law when it comes to libel cases. Therefore webmaster and forum owners have the same responsibility as book and newspaper publishers when it comes to the "content" that they "publish". If that content is incorrect or unfounded then it can be challenged in court should a person/business/company/other entity feel that it could unfairly harm their reputation and/or standing. And libel cases are some of the most expensive cases to come before the UK justice system.
A couple of years ago one of the UKs leading law firms released a guide to help webmasters and forum owners avoid libel challenges. If I can find a link to it I'll post it up.
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