Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:48:03 04/10/00
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On April 10, 2000 at 17:47:50, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 10, 2000 at 15:46:36, Pete Galati wrote: >[snip] >>I agree. I mean, I wouldn't like the moderators _not_ to be _able_ to play it >>by ear at all anymore, there should be some fleibility about how the job is >>done, otherwise it would become completely intolerable. But a guidlines for >>moderators should exist, and cover those copywrite issues. >> >>I think this is so obvious that I'm really amazed that such a thing doesn't >>exist. Why not? > >The charter contains all the guidelines that the moderators need. > >The moderators are not responsible for a poster doing something that is illegal. > >The moderators should not be expected to be well versed in international >copyright law. Indeed, there are surely many thousands of books on that subject >alone, and the decisions would require many CD's. Moderators should know that it is improper to post private email communications without the express consent of the author of the email. This is not new. It is not a little-known or hidden detail. It is written up in the acceptable use policies for usenet news and every ISP I have seen... IE oddball things may well not be known, but who _really_ thinks that it is ok for user A to post a private email sent by user B? Even if you ignore international law, what about common sense? Courtesy? Any one of those would be enough to say "this doesn't belong..." > >After a moderator becomes aware of a fault, then action should be taken. The >list of possible infractions is infinite. There is no way possible to be >constantly on top of every conceivable scenario. > >Again, for illegal actions, liability rests solely upon the originator. This >also is contained in the charter. Blanket release of liability charters don't work either. If someone could prove that (a) their copyright was violated and (b) CCC refused to remove the violation after it was pointed out, that denial of liability wouldn't be worth a dime..
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