tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879980.post4771752294583967315..comments2023-08-08T10:09:45.293-04:00Comments on Certified Association Executive: Associations face a social media and anti-trust Catch 22Ben Martin, CAEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15458543500102665114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879980.post-2874733454355858542008-03-29T12:25:00.000-04:002008-03-29T12:25:00.000-04:00Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, and don't play one o...Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, and don't play one on TV. <BR/>We all DO and SHOULD worry about the legal side. It would be stupid not to.<BR/>For our community tools, our lawyers have been satisfied with a basic "terms of use," which is a simple set of behavior rules. We have a long one that the lawyers like (buried under a link), and a short one for the rest of us, which is visble on every entry page of the tool. <BR/>It's very basic: be respectful, don't slander or libel, don't do or promote anything illegal, and that includes those gnarly anti-trust issues. We have also a rule prohibiting commercial content.<BR/>That's it. If we learn of someone violating it (it's happened once in 12 months) we delete it. Second offense, we kick them off. We don't monitor content ahead of time, but we do respond quickly when we see or hear about anything. That takes us out of the publisher mode, we think. And it keeps everything honorable.<BR/>So far, so good.Frank Fortinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350834973006795179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879980.post-6606628668882703592008-03-24T12:01:00.000-04:002008-03-24T12:01:00.000-04:00"ASAE & The Center should really request some clar..."ASAE & The Center should really request some clarification on this from the DOJ and FTC."<BR/><BR/>Amen. I agree with Maddie, but ED's are scared and would need to see something solid before they pull the trigger.Matt Baehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261516528674311768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879980.post-92155638250847161072008-03-21T15:29:00.000-04:002008-03-21T15:29:00.000-04:00Can't associations just post clear rules that you ...Can't associations just post clear rules that you have to read before joining the network? Like when you subscribe to a listserve, or download something? I feel like people get their knickers in a twist over something that should not be a big deal as long as the rules are clear.Maddie Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17736023561843714093noreply@blogger.com