The general concensus was that although the individuality Of course, we were inspired by the discussion to elaborate We reserve the right to amend, alter, interpret, temporarily As usually, numerous interesting topics were kicked around the table at this week’s Thursday Berkman Blogger’s Meeting. The main event was a review and discussion of Blogger’s codes of ethics, civil rules and power laws, etiquette, statements of purpose, ground … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/bloglaw.jpg\")
As
\n usually, numerous interesting topics were kicked around the table at
\n this week’s Thursday
\n Berkman Blogger’s Meeting<\/a>.
\n The main event was a review and discussion of Blogger’s codes of ethics,
\n civil rules and power laws, etiquette, statements of purpose, ground
\n rules for blogging, manifestos and correction, attribution and deletion
\n policies. Lisa
\n Williams<\/a> was
\n organized enough to put together a
\n working list <\/a>of a variety of existing
\n policies to start us off.<\/p>\n
\n and iconoclasm which is the essence of blogging argues against the
\n evolution of any universal or generally accepted codes, it can be extremely
\n useful for individual blogs to develop codes or site rules, primarily
\n so that they can be pointed to after someone has violated them and before
\n they are irredeemably banned from your site. <\/p>\n
\n an expanded policy to replace the blanket two sentence disclaimer which
\n we currently use in a comically vain attempt to cover our ass. Here they
\n are:<\/p>\n\n
\n is MY blog, I am responsible for all of the creative effort and
\n good taste
\n that goes
\n into
\n its elaboration
\n and I refuse to share the credit with anyone.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n News is a humorous blog; therefore the author should not be held
\n responsible for any inaccuracies,
\n exaggerations, insults. potential
\n slander or insider
\n information which it may
\n contain.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n it gets confusing at times) that tolerance and willingness to at
\n least listen to other viewpoints is the essence of civil discourse
\n and democracy.
\n Therefore, all reader’s opinions and comments are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n and expunge anyone who is rude offensive, overly idiotic or in terminally
\n bad taste in our space.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n incest, necrophilism or bestiality, unless they have redeeming social value. The
\n Dowbrigade has certain standards. They may be very low,
\n but they exist.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n instincts take over. For example, we recently took down a photo
\n of Usama Bin Laden sodomizing George Bush when we realized that it
\n was posted directly above a photo of our 8-year-old niece on Christmas
\n day
\n we knew would be viewed by most of the family.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n we endeavor to make corrections and apologies immediately, always
\n on the original posting and sometimes at the top of the queue as well.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n by way of humor, or irony, or clever red herrings designed to be
\n intentionally misleading, or to protect the identity of original sources,
\n it is difficult
\n to tell
\n which
\n are real
\n errors, even for us.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n game, at least for educational and non-profit purposes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n me to do some paying work<\/a>. If you don’t like what you read
\n in the Dowbrigade News, go away and don’t read it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n on your soul.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n suspend or intentionally or inadvertently violate these principles as
\n the situation demands. Because of our proven mental instability, creative
\n licence, educational fair use and probable brain damage due to psychopharmacological
\n experimentation incurred during an early and abortive career as an ethnobotanist,
\n we cannot be held responsible for any actionable postings. We still aren’t
\n sure this isn’t all an extended flashback.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"