A question was asked here.
As Bob suggests (WISELY) that he is not goingto continue discussion, what
say I explain what I understand him to be saying.

V
>>> Would you (as a PICList admin) want to be held liable for something that
>>> I said?
N
>> I do have some liability. It's something I thought about before I took
>> it on.

V
>What in the world are you talking about? What "liability"?!
What he said.
He means that he understands that he has some (legal) liability as a list
admin.
I'm not sure what else that could be taken to mean.
eg if unauthroised copyrighted material was posted on PICList, or links to
"carxcked" programs, of "hate speech" etc THEN some administration may seek
to hold "The List" responsible. Depending on which state or country had
legal jurisdiction, liability may lie with all, some or none of hosting
organisation (MIT!), list mamangement (Bob et al), the poster or other.
If list management was involved then eg Bob as an admin may be held liable
by the laws of the land to be financially liable for copyright violations.
Does that now make sense?

> That's one reason why moderation is available to me as a tool and I
> don't hesitate to use it when I need to. And I read every post.
The above statement can now be read in the light of the above explanation of
liability. It adds a nice new dimension to list management. It would never
have occurred to me in this context to take those two statements as threats
of any sort. Rather it's saying that the need to "keep things legal" MAY
lead an admin to act to keep the list squeaky clean. Reading every post is a
requirement if you want to be sure that nothing which may incure liability
will sneak through unobserved.

Reading all messages was actually listed as a requirement of becoming a list
admin. That requirement may be required by MIT fwiw. Or not).Probably
hounoured more in breach than observance. Bob may be the only admin who does
it.



           RM



              Russell






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