Re: websites Herbert B. Chermside 09 Apr 2003 14:13 EST
Spanky, I'd pass this hot potato over to the group that sets policy for use of your IT resources. They should have a policy in regard to responsibility for material on the website. Any agreement you make with this non-affiliated community-based organization should be required to follow your institutional IT policies. Your agreement might also require some disclaimer on their home page. It is between the people who set and publish the IT policy and the attorney as to the risk the institution is willing to take take in hosting that website, or others. We have to make enough hard decisions in our jobs. If the decision is properly someone else's have them make it! Chuck At 01:14 PM 4/9/2003 -0500, you wrote: >We have an agreement in process to host and maintain a website for a >non-affiliated community-based organization. Our attorney is >suddenly shaky about this, saying: >"There is potential exposure to allegations of defamation, claims of >copyright and trademark infringement, and other liabilities based >upon the content generated by an unaffiliated third party. Although >there are certain statutory protections for Internet service >providers under both the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the >Communications Decency Act, does UALR really want to be in the >position of having to invoke such protections because of infringing >or libelous content created by a third party?" > >At first legal wanted to dump the project, then said they would >consider some kind of policy and clause to use in agreements of this >kind. I'm still a bit squirmy on this. I'm sure there are websites >all over the mainframe that are similar to this but now I have to >"officially aware." > >So, do you do this? and Do you have a policy and/or contract clause >you use to cover you institutions, umm, interests in this situation. > >thanks.spanky >-- >Mike McCallister, Ph. D. > Director, Research and Sponsored Programs >University of Arkansas at Little Rock >2801 South University >Little Rock, AR 72204-1099 >(v) 501-569-8474 >(f) 501-371-7614 >(c) 501-590-5609 > > >Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one >can go. T.S. Eliot > > >====================================================================== >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Express Delivery Only: Biotech One, Suite 113 Virginia Biotechnology Research Park 800 East Leigh Street Richmond, VA 23219 Voice: 804-828-6772 Fax 804-828-2521 OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu http://www.research.vcu.edu/ospa.htm ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================