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Re: removal of SP Discussion Group
Hello Douglas,
there were problems on the Discussion Group (DG) of ScotlandsPeople (SP) in two areas: advertising and defamatory postings.
There were a few postings where a company suggested solutions to particular problems could be achieved using its products, and it objected when those postings were removed.
However, defamatory postings were much more serious. Under current law, any carrier of a defamation is held to be as responsible as the person making the defamation. Although this was historically taken to mean book and newspaper publishers, radio and television, it also applies to computer networks. Therefore, SP had to constantly monitor the DG to check for the possibility of defamatory postings, and this was a burden that they felt that they could do without.
TalkingScot (TS) has been happy to take over responsibility for hosting such discussions, and with a reasonable number of volunteers monitoring posts, it can be faster at editing posts. If the worst happened, TS would simply close down without the responsibility that public organisations feel about providing a service.
The new SP site will have a link to the TS site, with a clause stating its independence. In addition, the minutes of all previous User Group meetings will be archived there, or will be when I send an e-mail back to SP confirming that is what is wanted.
Regards,
John
there were problems on the Discussion Group (DG) of ScotlandsPeople (SP) in two areas: advertising and defamatory postings.
There were a few postings where a company suggested solutions to particular problems could be achieved using its products, and it objected when those postings were removed.
However, defamatory postings were much more serious. Under current law, any carrier of a defamation is held to be as responsible as the person making the defamation. Although this was historically taken to mean book and newspaper publishers, radio and television, it also applies to computer networks. Therefore, SP had to constantly monitor the DG to check for the possibility of defamatory postings, and this was a burden that they felt that they could do without.
TalkingScot (TS) has been happy to take over responsibility for hosting such discussions, and with a reasonable number of volunteers monitoring posts, it can be faster at editing posts. If the worst happened, TS would simply close down without the responsibility that public organisations feel about providing a service.
The new SP site will have a link to the TS site, with a clause stating its independence. In addition, the minutes of all previous User Group meetings will be archived there, or will be when I send an e-mail back to SP confirming that is what is wanted.
Regards,
John