On Sun, 17 Oct 1993 20:23:45 -0400 Carl Reimann <[log in to unmask]> said: >Eric, I think your sample disclaimer, admirable though it is, discusses >the content of information. Any thoughts about how I can disclaim the >destination, which is beyond my control? Oh, you mean for a public list? You'd just say the list is open for anyone to join and you don't even screen subscribers before adding them. I doubt anyone will sue you for not having prevented Joe from joining the list (on what basis?). People are more likely to say that you didn't make it clear to Joe that things don't fall in the public domain the moment they are posted to the list. >PS: Would your disclaimer in the last post be changed if the list were >moderated? If I helped write some messages, in joint projects? If you moderate the list I guess you do have control over what is posted and can't make the photocopier claim. If someone posted child porn to the list and you forwarded the message at 5am while trying to remember where you left the sugar yesterday, you might well be in trouble, especially over usenet where it reads "Approved-By: your address". When writing some messages you are acting as a regular poster, I guess you could stick a couple "unless specified otherwise". At any rate I'm not a lawyer and you'll want to make a donation to their retirement fund and get the full 5 pages if you're really worried about it :-) Eric