Hotwater
03-21-2006, 02:01 PM
Hello posters!:seeya:
Since this board is really hot right now I am reminding you all about the rules. Lots of discussion can fuel disagreements. You don't all have to agree AND this is no place to fight anything out. So far thing have been pretty firendly: no personal attacks. Let's keep it that way.
Thanks,
Hh20
Some rules and Guidelines
You are entirely responsible and liable for all activities conducted through your message board and chat sessions. Below are some, though not all, violations that may result in Courttv.com terminating your message board or chat privileges. By entering our interactive community, you agree not to do engage in any of the following actions:
-Harass, threaten, or cause distress or discomfort upon another Court TV message board or chat participant, user or other individual entity;
-Use blatant expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred or profanity;
-Use Court TV's message boards or chat areas to transmit or communicate any data, software, files, links or other materials that Court TV considers unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
-Impersonate in the Court TV message boards or chat areas any person, including but not limited to, a Court TV staff member;
Can my opinion be defamatory?
No — but merely labeling a statement as your "opinion" does not make it so. Courts look at whether a reasonable reader or listener could understand the statement as asserting a statement of verifiable fact. (A verifiable fact is one capable of being proven true or false.) This is determined in light of the context of the statement. A few courts have said that statements made in the context of an Internet bulletin board or chat room are highly likely to be opinions or hyperbole, but they do look at the remark in context to see if it's likely to be seen as a true, even if controversial, opinion ("I really hate George Lucas' new movie") rather than an assertion of fact dressed up as an opinion ("It's my opinion that Trinity is the hacker who broke into the IRS database").
You can't link a conversation, either one two people have had or one you've heard on TV. We have families and friends of many on boards who "tell" many personal things. How can they link or how can we prove it is impossible. Rules were signed when they became members. If any of what they type or tell is untrue THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE for any actions taken against them if there should be.
It is your decision to believe or not to believe what is not "quoted" or not from an article.
Since this board is really hot right now I am reminding you all about the rules. Lots of discussion can fuel disagreements. You don't all have to agree AND this is no place to fight anything out. So far thing have been pretty firendly: no personal attacks. Let's keep it that way.
Thanks,
Hh20
Some rules and Guidelines
You are entirely responsible and liable for all activities conducted through your message board and chat sessions. Below are some, though not all, violations that may result in Courttv.com terminating your message board or chat privileges. By entering our interactive community, you agree not to do engage in any of the following actions:
-Harass, threaten, or cause distress or discomfort upon another Court TV message board or chat participant, user or other individual entity;
-Use blatant expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred or profanity;
-Use Court TV's message boards or chat areas to transmit or communicate any data, software, files, links or other materials that Court TV considers unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
-Impersonate in the Court TV message boards or chat areas any person, including but not limited to, a Court TV staff member;
Can my opinion be defamatory?
No — but merely labeling a statement as your "opinion" does not make it so. Courts look at whether a reasonable reader or listener could understand the statement as asserting a statement of verifiable fact. (A verifiable fact is one capable of being proven true or false.) This is determined in light of the context of the statement. A few courts have said that statements made in the context of an Internet bulletin board or chat room are highly likely to be opinions or hyperbole, but they do look at the remark in context to see if it's likely to be seen as a true, even if controversial, opinion ("I really hate George Lucas' new movie") rather than an assertion of fact dressed up as an opinion ("It's my opinion that Trinity is the hacker who broke into the IRS database").
You can't link a conversation, either one two people have had or one you've heard on TV. We have families and friends of many on boards who "tell" many personal things. How can they link or how can we prove it is impossible. Rules were signed when they became members. If any of what they type or tell is untrue THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE for any actions taken against them if there should be.
It is your decision to believe or not to believe what is not "quoted" or not from an article.