Christoph Anton Mitterer <[email protected]> writes: > Perhaps one should think whether such publishing might have legal > consequences...
> In some countries (like the US) it seems not be so uncommon to publicly > name offenders or criminals on webpages... in Europe though, you might > get into legal troubles. In the United States, fact is an absolute defense against libel, so a web page or email message stating simply that "this email address has been banned from this mailing list" or "the author of the message at URL has been banned from this mailing list" is not actionable. I don't know to what extent this applies in other countries, however. Regardless of the legalities, I think that's the sort of notification that we should present. There's not much gained in trying to characterize the reasons for the ban beyond pointing to an applicable sample, and quite a bit to be lost (particularly since it's an invitation to continue the argument via other means). -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
