[imc-scotland-discussion] the same call legal view
Mike Small
imc-scotland-discussion at lists.indymedia.org
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:13:46 +0000
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif">Ditto to Alasdairs point: "couldn't make the meeting yesterday, makes two in a row I've missed, but I'm committed to working on indymedia. It's been a bit of a bad month for being able to get to stuff for one reason or another." On the legal thing I have a lawyers briefing paper on libel and defamation. I'll copy and distribute at the next meeting.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif">MIKE</FONT></P>
<P>>Personally to me it comes down to the legal position... we'll do noone </P>
<DIV></DIV>>any good if we're closed down over some silly post, and incitement to
<DIV></DIV>>vilence is rightly or wrongly a crime. On the other hand, this
<DIV></DIV>>particular article doesn't actually incite violence that I can see- it
<DIV></DIV>>says "Let's try to cause trouble for the bastards."
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<DIV></DIV>>"Causing trouble" could easily just be picketing or something similar.
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<DIV></DIV>>My personal feeling is that we should always err on the side of not
<DIV></DIV>>getting hiding a post. Unless there is a very, very clear reason /for/
<DIV></DIV>>it to be hidden, it should not be hidden- I think of it like innocent
<DIV></DIV>>until proven guilty.
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<DIV></DIV>>That said, we should try to avoid getting too snarled up in this issue,
<DIV></DIV>>which is a thorny one. The focus should always be on what content we can
<DIV></DIV>>produce ourselves, not how we moderate the open newswire.
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<DIV></DIV>>PS, couldn't make the meeting yesterday, makes two in a row I've missed,
<DIV></DIV>>but I'm committed to working on indymedia. It's been a bit of a bad
<DIV></DIV>>month for being able to get to stuff for one reason or another.
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