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Re: Sandy and I will run a cypherpunks "moderation" experiment in Jan
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 10:52:09 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <[email protected]>
> To: Greg Broiles <[email protected]>
> Cc: Pierre Uszynski <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Sandy and I will run a cypherpunks "moderation" experiment in Jan
>
> I'm not sure I see why a moderator would have any liability for passing on
> a trade secret or even a classified military secret so long as the
> moderator did not have a contractual relationship (or a clearance, as the
> case may be) with the owner. That's free speech. The moderator might
> have to cooperate with a subpoena from the original owner seeking to find
> who stole/released the secret, but that's a different problem. Is there
> some trade secret theory of an implicit trusteeship that i don't know
> about?
Not to my knowledge. But See, subpoena comment above.
I am amazed that no one has suggested a pool of moderators with
provisions to blind a given post from attributation to a specific
moderator. (Attornies- what might be impact of a Res Ipsa attack on this
kind of set up, and incidently, on other anonymous pool arrangements?)
> As to the choice of the moderator, innocent until proven guilty, I say.
> I personally don't put much store in requiring a moderator to issue a code
> of practice. Common law and equity will do to evolve a system as it goes
> along.
While as far as conduct goes I agree, in defining what will eventually be
the list content, and thus what I should or should not use/waste my time
typing up, it is an important ex ante condition that a stated policy
exist. There are two questions here.
1> Will my material be booted off only because it disturbs the moderator?
(I think this is the one answered by your common law reference)
2> Will my material violate some restriction and be booted "for cause?"
(This can only be predicted accurately if there is a stated policy on what
constitutes a violation- and then only where the policy has teeth or is
generally respected).
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