Yet another thing to worry about.... I suspect that moderated lists
are particularly vulnerable to such suits. The setup I'm working on is
forwarding all unaccepted mail to another list, so that I'm just determining
where it goes, not whether it goes out at all.
-Allen
From: IN%"ncognito @
gate .
net" 29-AUG-1996 14:01:40.48
To: IN%"cypherpunks @
toad .
com"
CC:
Subj: List owner named in law suit (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 16:52:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Clay Irving <clay @
panix .
com>
Subject: List owner named in law suit
I can't believe this one!
Peter Laws, a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas, maintains
an electronic mailing list called "SCAN-L". The list is provided for
radio scanning enthusiasts. There are a few hundred subscribers to the list.
Recently, in a thread about scanning publications, an employee of
publication "A" apparently wrote something to offend someone at publication "B".
Lo and behold, next thing you know, Peter is named in a lawsuit because he is
the maintainer of the list.
Something seems very, very wrong with this. I've never heard of
anything like this before. Can a Email list maintainer be held liable for
something someone else writes?
Peter *just* graduated, and he needs all the help he can get. Thanks,
in advance.
--
Clay Irving N2VKG
clay @
panix .
com
http://www.panix.com/~clay/
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