http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2006/10/25/information-protect-it-dont-police-it/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2006/10/25/information-protect-it-dont-police-it/#comment-386 Taran Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:20:29 +0000 http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2006/10/25/information-protect-it-dont-police-it/#comment-386 well, until the legalities regarding accountability for individuals are truly standardized at an international level, the hijinx will continue. When people are personally responsible for content which *they* post on a site - and they should already be - things will run much smoother. Only because some people screw it up do these things become an issue. Punishing the minority who do naughty things makes a lot more sense than enforcing exotic policies which will require internet users to have lawyers on retainer just for answering email. "I believe that phrase is copyrighted. Please try another." :-)
Punishing the minority who do naughty things makes a lot more sense than enforcing exotic policies which will require internet users to have lawyers on retainer just for answering email.

”I believe that phrase is copyrighted. Please try another.” ]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2006/10/25/information-protect-it-dont-police-it/#comment-384 Geeklawyer Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:35:37 +0000 http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2006/10/25/information-protect-it-dont-police-it/#comment-384 I must confess if I were one of Google's in-house lawyers I'd be crapping myself over the youtube purchase. But then again I'd be crapping myself over much of what they do!
But then again I’d be crapping myself over much of what
they do!]]>