Subject: Re: ONE YEAR AGO: New news censorship policy at Iowa State University
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 20:49:58 PDT
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In a msg on <Dec 18 10:41>, Gary Clark II of 1:105/42 writes:
GCI> Just a short question. Why don't the admins of the these sites
GCI> just require a waiver from _ALL_ persons wanting access saying that they
GCI> will not sue or otherwise bring to court for the contents of a piece of
GCI> electronic media? Then they don't (hopefully) do not need to worry about
GCI> a student sueing.
I believe there is no truly binding way to waive your right to sue for damages at a later date especially if there was malice involved. Such waivers might have the effect of reducing suits but I doubt they would get rid of enough that the site administration doesn't have to worry about lawsuits.