[LINK] A legal request to add a disclaimer to an old link posting

[Howard Lowndes]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Ann Moffatt wrote:

> this has been an interesting debate. why not make the annotation requested
> but link it to this discussion.

...or suggest that he NSW dept post a disclaimer to this list, and then 
that too will go into the archive, and they will have achieved what the 
seek.

> 
> peace
> 
> annm
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ash Nallawalla" <nospam at crm911.com>
> To: "'Antony Barry'" <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>; <DEFANGED_link at anu.edu.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 10:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [LINK] A legal request to add a disclaimer to an old link
> posting
> 
> 
> > I don't agree with the history argument.  Did they leave the No War
> > slogan on the Opera House?  It happened, after all.  Aren't certain
> > comments expunged from Hansard and court records?
> >
> > It's all too easy to say that Tony should wait for a court order.  I've
> > been through the hassle of a legal threat and Tony has better things to
> > do than to waste time on this particular topic.  It isn't as though the
> > contents could shake the foundations of this nation, so nobody is going
> > to remember Tony for this decision.  Has anyone outside NSW even heard
> > of this state government department, let alone care how their news
> > server was loosely set up?  Frankly I was half expecting some of the
> > anticensorship types here to compliment them for not restricting some
> > newsgroups.
> >
> > I would take a practical approach particularly if we want to conserve
> > the NSW taxpayer contributions.  They may well expend some money on
> > lawyers since it isn't coming out of their own pockets.  This is exactly
> > the kind of incident that could lead to someone in ANU deciding that
> > these mailing lists are more trouble than they are worth.  Save the
> > heroics for a better battle.
> >
> > - Ash
> >
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