[Qt-interest] [OT] Request to stick to the netiquette

[Trenton Tuggle]

A few thoughts to consider:

Many who are subjected to draconian disclaimer policies have had long  
drawn-out engagements over just such mandatory disclaimers -- and lost.

At least in the case of some, it is simply no use.  Very well paid  
legal council has determined that -- whether or not it's logical -- it  
reduces corporate liability, and so the disclaimer stays.

The users whose email is being "decorated" thusly are victims just as  
much as those on the list are.  There's little gained by banning them,  
because at least in the few cases I'm familiar with, there's nothing  
short of long-term legal precedents which can sway the lawyers, and  
thus corporate policy.

In other words, the real enemy here is a legal system which pursues  
and favors such disclaimers as a (either real or perceived) means of  
reducing liability.

-Trent Tuggle

On May 5, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Arnold Krille wrote:

> On Tuesday 05 May 2009 20:56:41 Andreas Pakulat wrote:
>> On 05.05.09 20:47:49, Arnold Krille wrote:
>>> Sending an unsigned mail means you don't really care for your  
>>> identity
>>> (do firms support that? should they support that?). Sending  
>>> personal (and
>>> probably confidental) mail unencrypted over the net is like  
>>> shouting your
>>> bank details and the PIN on a crowded place in your city. And  
>>> attaching
>>> the disclaimer is shouting "but don't use that information to rob my
>>> account!". Its useless...
>> That part may be true in the place where you live (and I as well),
>> however I've recently learned (again) that in some countries things  
>> are
>> quite different and what you can push through in a court.
>
> I know. Here the laws are almost that way. :-/
>
> BTW: If you are german, sign here
> https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/index.php?action=petition;sa=details;petition=3860
> (we are already off-topic, so I figured posting the link is okay)
>
> Have fun,
>
> Arnold
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