Still want to be a Mod?

[Adywebb]

A German court has ruled that Forum Operators are directly responsible for comments made on their sites.

http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/72085

I hope Ian has loads of money

 

[Ian]

Wow, that's quite scary reading something like that! Luckily, we don't get anyone trying to overload servers like that example - phew

 

[Rush]

We filter out riff raff before they can cause trouble ..thus saving Ian oodles and oodles of spondulacks and if they get past our anti nasty posts theirs always Mucks

 

[Adywebb]

Wow, that's quite scary reading something like that! Luckily, we don't get anyone trying to overload servers like that example - phew

Although in this case they were actively interfering with someones business, I was wondering if someone could try to use the ruling to sue for mere adverse comments about a company that might lose them business?

Don't worry Ian, we'll all chip in to help with the court costs

 

[itsme]

Makes one wonder does it not

 

[cirianz]

Hmmmmm.... might pass this on to my daughter though. She's 13yo & runs a forum. I would be very annoyed if she had to stop because of that load of ridiculous twaddle.
& how can they class a forum as a Business when it is not actually making the operator any money? Surely that would make them a non-profit -organisation?