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Subject: Re: Moderators have to know how to moderate - LEGAL PROBLEMS

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 09:55:02 01/20/99

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On January 20, 1999 at 04:11:43, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>I refer to a reply post by a moderator about cheating on ICC, He stated that he
>had identified a cheater and thus saw fit to name him or his account.
>
>Now we all know how hard it is to find cheats on ICC and then prove they are.
>
>But my point is calling this person a cheater is wrong, and could bring legal
>action from that person, just let assume that he is  not a cheat, and at this
>stage we can only ussume that.
>
>You cannot make a statement on someone on an assumption.
>
>My point is that this moderator I think has committed a big error that could
>bring legal ramifications.
>
>This has to be fixed now, we cannot have moderators commiting crimes.
>
>This is not a serious CCC matter, I know if someone called me a cheat, I would
>take legal action right away.

Whether it is right or wrong to post speculations about whether some anonymous
account is using a computer on a chess server I don't care, but I think the idea
that someone would sue someone over this is laughable.

bruce



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