Hi
I'm just putting the final touches to a new mailing list for
journalists, to be launched in French.
I've been writing the bit of the user file where I commit myself to
total confidentiality of the member data - to keep it completely
confidential and on no account to provide any of it to any third
party whatsoever.
It occurs to me that as things stand I have no way of knowing whether
my US hosting service will respect the same commitment. I've
absolutely no reason to believe they would do such a thing - but no
guarantee that they wouldn't.
I've asked the hosting service to provide me with such a commitment,
but I'd be interested in knowing whether there are any kind of
accepted ground rules for this kind of situation.
I know this is more a legal than a mailing list question, but is
there any kind of document or commitment they can provide me which
would stand up in a court of law in the unlikely event that it were
to become apparent that they were selling my user list to half the
planet?
NB: I hasten to add that I'm not using a free service, but a Mailman
service which is costing me something like $15 per month, in addition
to a web hosting deal.
I would also be interested in any pointers on the ground rules
concerning the copyright of messages exchanged via a public mailing
list.
It seems to me logical (and appropriate) that it would belong to the
sender, except in the case of quoted material, but I'm not a lawyer.
Any help or advice appreciated.
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David Sharp, journaliste, France http://www.sharp-words.com/
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