ISPs and Lawsuits
Steve Frost
Some time ago Martin Taylor <mta...@gipsland.com.au> wrote:
>In today's Melbourne Age (Thursday, March 12) there appeared an article
>relating to a lawsuit that Melbourne PC User Group Inc faced. MelbPC was
>sued by a British person who was allegedly defamed in a newsgroup. The
>Melb PC member was also sued (and that case is still ongoing). Meanwhile
>MelbPC settled out of court.
>
>The article also suggested that this case has the ISPs scared. I'm
>interested to hear what Aone, or Ozemail's views are on this. What can
>be done to make ISPs immune from their subscribers' actions? From my
>point of view, you'd think that the Acceptable Use Policy that ISPs have
>their customers agree to would be sufficient. However, this may not
>appear to be so, given that Melb PC settled out of court, not having the
>financial ability to challenge such a case.
>
>It would be interesting to know what was said, and in what newsgroup.
>Also, the complainant must have some financial backing in order to
>proceed. Either that, or he/she is using a firm such as Slater and
>Gordon, who operate on a contingency basis (no win, no fee).
>
>Martin
Hi Martin,
I read the article you mentioned ... I guess I can't speak as a
lawyer, so I've referred your posting to OzEmail's solicitor to
see whether she has any comments that she can offer.
In the meantime, people may well wish to read (or re-read!) the
appropriate conditions of use of their account. You can find
OzEmail's at:
and I've placed a copy of Access One's at:
http://www.home.aone.net.au/staff/frostbyte/tc.html
because I couldn't find it via their web site. If either case, if
you have questions about your use of OzEmail's or Access One/2's
services, you should refer them to the company concerned and seek
clarification.
If anyone has specific questions about whether a particular type of
use is or isn't allowed, I'd be happy also to seek out an answer on
your behalf.
Kind regards
Steve
Access One
(cross-posted to ozemail.users)
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Steve Frost
Some time ago fros...@shell02.ozemail.com.au (Steve Frost) wrote:
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>In the meantime, people may well wish to read (or re-read!) the
>appropriate conditions of use of their account. You can find
>OzEmail's at:
Oops ... that's what you get for having a lunch-break in the
middle of constructing a post. That URL is:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/internet/homesite/about/policy.html
Cheers
Steve