Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cybvax0.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!fbp From: fbp@cybvax0.UUCP (Rick Peralta) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Disclaimers: public or private Message-ID: <689@cybvax0.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 11:32:57 EDT Article-I.D.: cybvax0.689 Posted: Mon Aug 19 11:32:57 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:17:14 EDT References: <9784@ucbvax.ARPA> <267@sesame.UUCP> <1610@watdcsu.UUCP> Reply-To: fbp@cybvax0.UUCP (Rick Peralta) Organization: Cybermation, Inc., Cambridge, MA Lines: 20 To the coordinators of the net, is there a policy on liablity on the net ? Is usenet a public or private forum ? I realise that just about anyone may join (and does), but does that make it public ? Is a discalaimer required when speaking in a private forum ? I realise that proper referances should be given to avoid accusations of plagarism, but can someone take serious legal recourse on what was said in a private or semi-privare place ? Must we constantly dance around saying UN*X just to avoid the footnote to the authors ? Maybe we should mention K&R every time we talk about 'C' ? Possably we should move over to net.legal or net.flame. Rick ...!cybvax0[!dmc0]!fbp "A likely story. I don't believe a word of it."