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forum/chat room libel on radio 2
Thrasher:
How can we prove *you* wrote that ^
We can only prove t came from your IP
datalas:
--- Quote from: "Thrasher" ---How can we prove *you* wrote that ^
We can only prove t came from your IP
--- End quote ---
we can't really prove that either, we can only prove that it *looks* like it came from your IP...
If I wanted to forge something, I could, but I don't want to so I don't...
Either way you look at it there is actually precident for a forum being dragged over the coals. Whilst it *might* end up with the originator of the post ending up in trouble, there is an important period of time where there is a lot of agro for the owners, "agro" in this sense meaning legal liablilty, work and costs...
Disco Geordie:
Looking at IP's surely if someone is using a wireless laptop they could make it look almost like any random IP they like, A wi fi spot or just being outside someones home that has a unprotected wireless network.
Can't see how an IP can stand up as evidence in a case.
datalas:
sometimes it can, sometimes it can't
In cases where it doesn't they go back to persecuting the people whose identities aren't as obscured. Viz a viz the people that own the site.
mark.yellow.series.3:
in this day and age, everyone gets blamed right up the line. there has been cases at work where a foreman has made the wrong decision and the manager, ops director, managing directer have all been punished.
so the rule of thumb is to keep us all safe is watch what you type.
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