Re: [LAU] CENSORING public archives (Was: Problem post)

From: Tim Clewlow <tim@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Feb 02 2010 - 16:29:04 EET

> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:07:13 +0100, Arnold Krille
> <arnold@email-addr-hidden>
> wrote:
>> On Tuesday 02 February 2010 13:29:05 Marc-Olivier Barre wrote:
>>> First of all, let me remind you, and every linux-audio-user
>>> member out
>>> there that the archives *ARE PUBLIC*, and thus what you post here
>>> will
> be
>>> eventually readable by the *WHOLE WORLD*.
>>>
>>> Deleting the post is not going to happen, I am only willing to
>>> censor
> the
>>> one post that poses an issue provided the name of the company is
>>> mentioned
>>> on a censor banner inside the post. The least we can do with such
>>> a
> case
>>> is
>>> add a little public humiliation to this.
>>>
>>> Also I would like to say that this is the one and only time that
>>> this
>>> happens. Next time, the original poster will face the legal
>>> consequences. I
>>> hope this is crystal clear to every one reading.
>>
>> I am mixed with this.
>>
>> On one hand this is a _very_ good reminder for us people that this
>> list
> is
>> in
>> fact public and not controlled by the senders. Everything you
>> write
> _will_
>> show up on the whole internet and will be pretty hard to suppress,
>> its
> not
>> only these archives but also copies in search-engines caches and
>> other
> web
>> archives... (Not even talking about peoples personal archive in
>> their
> in-
>> boxes.)
>
> Yup, I forgot to mention public copies of the archives in my post.
>
>> On the other hand it might be that then lawyers come after you,
>> Marc, or
>> the
>> linux audio consortium as you are running the list and could
>> therefore
> be
>> responsible for stuff published there. Even if we "sign" some
>> paragraphs
>> on
>> subscription to indemnify you in case of trouble, it could still
>> be you
>> who
>> gets the first letters from lawyers and you then have to sent your
>> own
>> lawyers
>> after us...
>
> I don't know what the American laws have to say about this... IANAL
> anyways...
>
>> Unless this list runs on some anonymous server somewhere in the
> technology-
>> pendant of the third world and there are no names connected, I
>> would
>> follow
>> this bidding (and every following one when lawyers and technology
>> are
>> involved) and only ask for some donations to either the linux
>> audio
>> consortium
>> for technical expenses or for charity projects.
>
> I will follow the bidding. Just wanted to make the request and
> decision
> public, and eventually start an interesting debate on this matter.
> Everyone
> grab your pop corn :)
>
>> Of course when people just want their own rude posts deleted, I
>> would
>> definitely not do it.
>
> Indeed.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Marc-Olivier Barre

As I see it, the NDA is between the OP and the company, if the OP
decides to talk to a third party, ie this list, then the the third
party cannot possibly be liable. It is the same as if the OP found a
random person on the street and talked to them, that random person
would also not be liable.

My 2c, Tim.

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