Freedom of Speech on the internet

[mick2me 3,033]

There has been a misconception since the start of the internet that it is now acceptable to write what you like on the net.

As far as Nottstalgia is concerned, there are certain conditions that members agree to when they join, these conditions are not unreasonable.

Though Nottstalgia was started to discuss the history of Notts and archive information from peoples memories.

It also gives members a platform to air their opinions. There will be disagreements on these opinions but members must respect others opinions even if they do not agree with them. Offensive comments or verbal attacks on other members or staff will not be tolerated.

If you cannot abide by our conditions of use, expect your posts to be edited, deleted or moderated. The latter meaning that all your posts are vetted before they become visible to other members. In very extreme circumstances, expect to be banned from this site.

Consider this to be my pub, in which you are very welcome, unless you become troublesome to other, then you will be chucked out.

 

 

Members joining this board, agree to the following terms before signup can be completed. The majority of members comply with these terms without any problem.

Please remember that we are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message.

The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this BB.

Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this BB to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this BB.

In order to ensure a safe and friendly environment for Nottstalgia members, we will immediately delete, without warning, any account that does not comply with the above conditions of use. Nottstalgia has a zero tolerance of abuse

 

 

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[Mattsdigs 104]

Its sad if you have to keep putting this up.

[mick2me 3,033]

I Must Stress that this does not apply to the vast majority of our current members.

Though often discussions do get heated on some subjects.

[Ayupmeducks 1,730]

I've come across many people on forums who believe they have the right to say what they want without repercussion in posts, they believe they have the God given rights to vent their feelings at other members...

As I've pointed out when they had posts removed by the owner of the site, you're in "their house" now so have to abide by "his rules" as he has a legal responsibility to make sure there are no defamitory remarks posted about anyone on his site.

On all forums sites, the owner has a responsibility to follow the hosts, paid or free, terms of conditions, which limit so called free speech.

If anyone doubts my words, go and register a web site of your own, you don't have to start it, just read the TOS the hosting company list, those rules are to prevent a lawsuit.

[mick2me 3,033]

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[MELTONSTILTON 452]

My son Stephen came around yesterday evening, he works for Alice a French internet provider, and he was saying, over here they have found banning people from forums is almost useless, because they just change there email address and a few weeks or months later reregister under a different name, what they are starting to do is use a sin bin system, where the offender can go onto the forum but cannot post on it until his post has been cleared, they can be in the sin bin from anything from a day to a few months.

[Ayupmeducks 1,730]

Very true Melton, there's a down side to banning people via IP addresses too, some ISP's issue block numbers, AOL is one of them, so banning one member could well end up with banning another member.

BUT, in saying that, a site owner does have some legal protection from law suits if they have shown they have done their best in trying to keep a troublesome member off their site.

[fch782c 144]

http://www.arnold-history-group.org/29743469?i=69239177

There is a website dedicated to the history of Arnold and where people are encouraged to add comments and your own stories and memories associated with Arnold and surrounding areas. They have some interesting topics regarding prominent Arnold Residents and buildings including Arnolds Cinemas and Public Houses.

My question is this. What are the rules regarding the sharing of informaion and Photographs between members of Nottstalgia and members of The Arnold History Group. I fully understand if this is not allowed its just that they have some interesting photographs of Arnold which might appeal to a number of Nottstalgia members

[Ayupmeducks 1,730]

As long as you have the permission of the photo owner and acknowledge to whom it belongs, there is no problem as far as I see it.

I've posted dozens of mining photos and articles/papers on my mining forum, I always post a link to where I have copied them from and photos I usually have permission and acknowledge the owner of the photos.