Author: Adrien Regimbald
Date: 17:26:59 06/30/00
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Hello, >For instance, are they certain the individuals are truly adults?? There is a >federal act that makes it illegal to post information concerning minors. I've wasted the time necessary to ask a lawyer and she said that the situation on the CCC is not even remotely one covered by that act. No information is being posted about a minor. If simply putting into print the name of a minor was an offense, I'm quite sure that, oh, maybe 100% of the population would be in violation of that law at some point in time. >Secondly, apparantly there is a possibility that those of us who signed on where >not informed properly that our real names were going to be posted online. I >don't necessarily have a problem with that, but I do know that I did not notice >this fact when signing on. When you signed on, you were told that your login handle wouldn't be used to identify you - what did you expect would be used? >If I were the CCC I would seriously look into this issue of privacy. There are >many instances of people going to court for violation of their privacy. The CCC has no reason to worry whatsoever. You were required to read a charter before becoming a member, and you verified that you have read it and will abide by it before you are allowed to become a member. The following is part of that charter: " By filling out and submitting the sign-up form, you are agreeing to abide by all of the conditions set forth above, and you are waiving any and all rights of litigation against those organizations listed above or the moderators of the CCC message board for any messages that may appear within or for taking any sanction against any member. " I'm getting quite sick of seeing people threatening to sue or hanging accusations of illegal activity against online organizations for such reasons, especially when the service is being provided for free. If you don't like the conditions for posting on the CCC, you are free to stop participating in it. Personally, I think something is seriously wrong in a society when the volunteers working to provide a free service are constantly exposed to such complaining. Would you like to see a time when no online services are provided for free, and you have to agree to a legally bulletproof agreement before using the services? If people keep making the jobs of the volunteers providing these services so unpleasant as they often are, and lawsuits keep getting slapped on them, I don't think it's such an unimaginable prospect. Adrien.
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