[Seattle-editorial] Fwd: [Imc-legal] Questions on liability

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DATE: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:15:56
From: SuZQ <suzq at riseup.net>
To: "imc-legal at lists.indymedia.org" <imc-legal at lists.indymedia.org>
Cc: micro.zen at verizon.net

Hi.  We at Philly IMC have a question.  We currently have no policy to
hide any articles from our newswire; instead, we use a ratings system to
(hopefully) cycle harmful articles off the front page quickly; however,
they do remain on the newswire.  The question is, if we were to adopt a
policy to remove certain articles (copyright violations, slander/libel,
incitement to crime, etc.) would that increase our liability for articles
that appear in the open newswire?  If we are sued over articles that
appear in the open newswire, as IMC New Jersey was last month, can we
legitimately claim the defense, "We claim no responsibility for articles
in the open publishing newswire, as we have no editorial process to censor
them," or is it better policy to simply hide posts that might cause us
liability?

Thanks!
-Susanna

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