Heartland in danger?

[Pat]

Coward!!!

You've cut me deep Miss.I'll be seeking reparations from QB in court.
@ Maisey I've been keeping a list.

[6FeetOver]

You can't say that!

How about we all take a moment to agree that if some kind of forumey fight breaks lose right now none of us will sue Quiff Boy.

Now, who's slighted your worldview Pat?

Nah - you can all sue *me*! I'm broke, though, so you'll be getting exactly nothing for your efforts, hahaha!

[Pat]

Back to the serious part of the topic again.
Could this mean ( to keep THE BOSS safe) that we have to include a disclaimer in our signatures ?

[nowayjose]

A Hamburg court has ruled that moderators of internet forums are liable for content posted on their sites.

I'd never run a forum like this one on a German webserver now. The German lawmaker, in its infinite incompetence and lobbyist corruption, has virtually made it impossible for ordinary people without major legal funds to operate "interactive" web sites without having to fear law suits or, more likely, random and expensive cease-and-desist orders by unscrupulous third-grade lawyers who operate this grey area business as their primary income constituent. Basically, if you operated a forum like this one, you'd have to actively censor it, that is, read each posting before publishing it, and you'd be held liable for anything upwards from something as simple as unauthorized use of trademarks, even if it's clear that it's a mere coincidence, and for subsequent costs and damages like for "removing from search engines", which can be enormous or practically impossible to comply with. There're a few more regulations pertaining to httpd logfiles and registered user data which I haven't bothered reading up on in detail but apparently they're equally stupid and impracticable.
Plus you're actually comitting an offence if you don't publish your full name, address and telephone number on your private website (of course most people don't do this, for obvious reasons... you don't want nutters, neonazis, religious fanatics or plain criminals kicking in your door because they might've found something offensive on your blog... the rationale behind this insanity is "consumer protection"... protecting the dimwitted from getting ripped off online (as if this were possible) but "consumers" can certainly chose not to "consume" my website, except that politicians don't really understand this minor detail, and the lobbyist "experts" they pay with tax money are experts only in discombobulation...)
The latest fad in the German lawmaker's hate-hate relationship with the Internet are proposals that allow for covert government hacking into your home computer (allegedly in the name of the "war on terror") and for banning egoshooters (counter-strike, doom, quake) in the same way as child pornography, even with prison sentences for possession(!) [although they are slowly backing away from that one, except for some obstinately dumb/corrupted specimen, after slowly having gotten wind of --to their surprise-- the fact that the target group they chose to polemicize against for political gain is actually far larger than expected and comprises not only a few pimply-faced unemployed perverts and amok-training pupils but quite a few of their own potential voters from their constituency, too...]
Politicians and the 'net.. they can't control it, they know absolutely nothing about it because most don't use computers themselves (too old/busy/stupid), and, naturally, they fear it. If only they feared the people as much. :urff:

[Izzy HaveMercy]

Oh, this is so cool.

Like Napster was responsible for illegal stuff on their provider.

If I start stripping and calling people assholes on a train, we can sue the Belgian Railways.

When I'm in Sixflags and enjoying the rollercoaster yelling "oh! I am so gay! Are you gay too, people?" one can sue Sixflags' asses off.

Utter bollox. They'd better start a posse against all spambots, but they know that's harder and more work, so they pick an easier target.

IZ.

[Dr. Moody]

If I start stripping and calling people assholes on a train, we can sue the Belgian Railways.


IZ.

Do it, you know you want to

[mh]

Utterly unenforcable.

If an American person puts up a post on a UK hosted server that insults a Czechoslovakian, where does one even begin? Call in the UN! Call in Interpol!

All opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own and not those of HL, nor are they in any way connected with or endorsed by HL moderators, admins or owners. I freely concede that HL moderators, admins or owners are fully within their rights to censure or not to censure this post, depending on the presence or absence of free-speech or free-expression laws in whichever country any of them may happen to be based in. Resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, no animals were hurt in the writing of this post. And if you take offence so easily, maybe you need to have a good look in the mirror and get yourself some real problems.

[eotunun]

The German lawmaker, in its infinite incompetence and lobbyist corruption,

Revr´nd!

[Badlander]

If an American person puts up a post on a UK hosted server that insults a Czechoslovakian, where does one even begin? Call in the UN! Call in Interpol!

Easy : send them all to Guantanamo bay.

[6FeetOver]

If an American person puts up a post on a UK hosted server that insults a Czechoslovakian, where does one even begin? Call in the UN! Call in Interpol!

Easy : send them all to Guantanamo bay.

It's a small place, innit? Dunno how half the world's gonna be able to fit...


It's a very very mad world, indeed.

[weebleswobble]

You're all cnuts





























sue me

[Zuma]

Utterly unenforcable.

If an American person puts up a post on a UK hosted server that insults a Czechoslovakian, where does one even begin? Call in the UN! Call in Interpol!

All opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own and not those of HL, nor are they in any way connected with or endorsed by HL moderators, admins or owners. I freely concede that HL moderators, admins or owners are fully within their rights to censure or not to censure this post, depending on the presence or absence of free-speech or free-expression laws in whichever country any of them may happen to be based in. Resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, no animals were hurt in the writing of this post. And if you take offence so easily, maybe you need to have a good look in the mirror and get yourself some real problems.

you forgot - "may contain nuts"

[Izzy HaveMercy]

Utterly unenforcable.

If an American person puts up a post on a UK hosted server that insults a Czechoslovakian, where does one even begin? Call in the UN! Call in Interpol!

All opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own and not those of HL, nor are they in any way connected with or endorsed by HL moderators, admins or owners. I freely concede that HL moderators, admins or owners are fully within their rights to censure or not to censure this post, depending on the presence or absence of free-speech or free-expression laws in whichever country any of them may happen to be based in. Resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, no animals were hurt in the writing of this post. And if you take offence so easily, maybe you need to have a good look in the mirror and get yourself some real problems.

you forgot - "may contain nuts"

Ook.

IZ.

[canon docre]

Utterly unenforcable.

If an American person puts up a post on a UK hosted server that insults a Czechoslovakian, where does one even begin? Call in the UN! Call in Interpol!

All opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own and not those of HL, nor are they in any way connected with or endorsed by HL moderators, admins or owners. I freely concede that HL moderators, admins or owners are fully within their rights to censure or not to censure this post, depending on the presence or absence of free-speech or free-expression laws in whichever country any of them may happen to be based in. Resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, no animals were hurt in the writing of this post. And if you take offence so easily, maybe you need to have a good look in the mirror and get yourself some real problems.

you forgot - "may contain nuts"

Ook.

IZ.

I'm more interested if mh's post was environment friendly.