[New-imc] SANTA BARBARA (internal decision deadline, Nov. 17, 16:00 GMT)

[Mike R]

Hi Jay,

Sounds good!

more below...

Monday, November 17, 2003, 8:40:33 PM, Jay said:

J> A response from KT from the Santa Barbara IMC to a question Mike from IMC 
J> Philly asked about their editorial policy.  I think the fact that they're 
J> having these discussions internally is a good sign, and bodes well for 
J> their ability to work well together as an IMC.  Since there was only one 
J> question, the one from Mike, which I think the SB group is working on 
J> addressing, and no real dissent, I'm going to pass along their information 
J> to the imc-process and imc-communication lists.
>>
>>Hi Jay and New IMC-istas.
>>
>>I just got off the phone with some people in our web group and they have
>>done some research on IMC code unsigned posting.  They determined that
>>what we will do, and what most IMCs do, is to allow posting with an
>>anonymous handle, however, the levels of trust and authenticity of
>>anonymous posting is lower.  Also, of course, we have an editorial
>>disclaimer that states that we are not responsible for researching posts
>>on the newswire, however, we will obviously not feature stories written by
>>uninformed posters.

Not featuring them is good, but I see no problem with anonymous
newswire posts. Yes they may not be as reliable, but they allow people
to post information they may not be able to give under their real
name.

>>On the copyright issue, we had not encountered this previously in reading
>>over numerous IMC policies.  Although we do have an editorial disclaimer,
>>modeled after many we saw on IMC sites, I have never seen such a ban in an
>>editorial policy.  Mike, how does your IMC deal with this?

Right now we do not do anything with these posts other than a
disclaimer at the bottom of our webpages.  A nearby IMC, IMC New
Jersey, is in the midst of a legal battle over copyrighted material,
so it is a good time for IMCs to start addressing the issue.  I also
asked this of your group since you seem to be putting in place a
policy over hidding posts & this may fall into it in the near future.

>>I spoke briefly with some other SB IMCers and the general consensus is
>>that some things need to be cited (such as AP, etc); but that some
>>educational news and writing is easily republished under academic freedom
>>if the organization is not using it for personal gain.  In any case,
>>feedback and advice from more experienced IMCs is necessary (that's why we
>>came to you all in the first place... :)
>>
>>In solidarity,
>>KT
>>

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Mike
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