The last thing we all need
Sun, 1 Mar 2009, 06:35 pmGrant Malcolm13 posts in thread
The last thing we all need
Sun, 1 Mar 2009, 06:35 pmWith apologies in advance because the last thing we need is more discussion on this topic but I think the following article should be required reading for the few members that raise this topic on a regular basis:
Tracy Frazier's article, You Read What About Me on the Internet?!: Anonymous Online Libel, THE LEGALITY, Feb. 26, 2009, http://www.thelegality.com/archives/125
Everyone else, 27 new audition and production notices added to the site this week, ten blog posts, four reviews and lots more interesting theatre related things than this post!
Regards
Grant
Dogged
Mon, 2 Mar 2009, 06:36 pmWell, I suspect you're closer than you think Grant - like a dog with a bone would be rather appropriate and Daniel might suggest I'm more of a poodle than a German Shepherd!
Of course, regardless of where past courts have gone, in terms of definition, online forums are increasingly being regarded as a form of media. Indeed, if one considers the abysmal state The West Australian newspaper was dragged into by its immediate past editor, online forums are probably just as legitimate as daily newspapers.
You are correct in detailing the current four courses of action available, however may I suggest a different approach to the issue, one that I would certainly put my paw mark to.
Subscribers / members are only able to register with a proven name and address, utilising contact details etc, that are confirmed by another medium - eg: post. When that process has happened, the member can make any post they want, although it must be in their confirmed name, or a Nom de Plume, providing there was an open-register of people and their pen names.
How could anybody complain? They would be free to say what they liked.
Cheers
Greg
Greg Ross
Minister for Good Times
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