Re: Outside Articles on Site

by Ivan Hoffman <ivan(at)ivanhoffman.com>

Date:	Mon, 22 May 2000 10:10:16 -0700
To:	Virginia Blalock <virginia(at)visionsnet.com>, hwg-business(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:	visionsnet
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At 10:21 AM 5/22/00 -0500, Virginia Blalock wrote:
>On a site I work with(a sports site) we solicit articles from fans. Our 
>policy is that these authors are responsible for their own content and that 
>the opinions these authors express are theirs and do not reflect the 
>opinion of the site as a whole. This is stated on our site. Is there any 
>chance of someone who gets pissed at some opinion trying to do anything 
>legally with to us?

Of course there is.  All publishers are potentially liable for infringement
and other violations.  There are some exceptions but you need to have your
site reviewed to see if you now comply with those exceptions or can come
within the scope of protection.  Under any circumstances, you should have a
legally appropriate submission agreement, validly posted.  Merely stating
what you say the site states is pretty much worthless.

IVAN HOFFMAN, B.A., J.D. 
Attorney At Law
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