Randall
J. Randall Murphy
Just thought I'd mention that the terms, asks participants to agree to, "... indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries." And that, "The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum." And it also says, "You must not post, attach or link to any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, offensive ... " bla bla bla.
Given that the topics discussed here are often contentious, and the concept of what one finds "offensive", or "defamatory", or "hateful", or "vulgar" is highly subjective, and that nobody can be sure everything they post is 100% accurate, it's not reasonable to make participants legally responsible ( via indemnification ) for unspecified claims ( including legal costs and damages ) that the forum or those connected with it might incur. They can pay their own legal bills.
So for the record ( again ), I don't agree to indemnify or hold anyone in any way connected with this forum harmless in any way, shape, or form, now or ever, and the owners can take notice that continuing to provide membership privileges and/or make any of my content available signifies their ( the owner's ) acceptance of the above. Better yet, just dump the whole indemnification clause and maybe I'll sign up for the Paracast +. The last thing I'll do is pay money to become liable for some frivolous lawsuit because somebody gets their nose out of joint over what I might post ( and let's not pretend that's never happened ).
Given that the topics discussed here are often contentious, and the concept of what one finds "offensive", or "defamatory", or "hateful", or "vulgar" is highly subjective, and that nobody can be sure everything they post is 100% accurate, it's not reasonable to make participants legally responsible ( via indemnification ) for unspecified claims ( including legal costs and damages ) that the forum or those connected with it might incur. They can pay their own legal bills.
So for the record ( again ), I don't agree to indemnify or hold anyone in any way connected with this forum harmless in any way, shape, or form, now or ever, and the owners can take notice that continuing to provide membership privileges and/or make any of my content available signifies their ( the owner's ) acceptance of the above. Better yet, just dump the whole indemnification clause and maybe I'll sign up for the Paracast +. The last thing I'll do is pay money to become liable for some frivolous lawsuit because somebody gets their nose out of joint over what I might post ( and let's not pretend that's never happened ).
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