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Since you failed to even add a basic legal disclaimer to your own blog I will pass. Unless of course you are stating that your blog constitutes legal advice an

by ZenPro 12y ago

Since you failed to even add a basic legal disclaimer to your own blog I will pass. Unless of course you are stating that your blog constitutes legal advice and I can sue you if things go wrong for me... Every law student will attest that nothing replaces the advice of actual legal counsel. Even lawyers get a lawyer when they need one since you need someone with expertise that up to and including that minute. If you want example of a sterling legal disclaimer then check out http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/aboutus.aspx#Disclaimer http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/aboutus.aspx#Disclaimer A website dedicated to providing legal information.

ceejayoz 12y ago
> If you want example of a sterling legal disclaimer then check out... Is this legal advice? Can I sue you?
- ZenPro 12y ago
  Are you a moron? Who would you sue - the username?
  - ceejayoz 12y ago
    Lawyers have historically had little trouble suing John Does and subpoenaing ISPs/websites to get access to IPs and the users underneath them. All that said, the point apparently wooshed a few miles above your head.
    - ZenPro 12y ago
      Nope. The point was a snark which does more to embarrass the poster than myself. I posted a link to someone else's legal disclaimer as an example of how legal advisory services protect themselves. They used it to try and paraphrase my own comment back to me, unsuccessfully. You could subpoena HN but it would display a startling lack of understanding about ISPs, legal process, HN and the Internet. One, a subpoena has to be delivered in person...
teachingaway 12y ago
I think a lot of these "not legal advice" disclaimers are overkill. You can't get proper "legal advice" from a blog. You get legal advice when you hire a lawyer. A blog might be full of accurate and useful legal information, but that doesn't make it "legal advice" in the sense that you can sue the blogger for legal malpractice. Maybe I'm wrong here, but has anyone actually seen such a lawsuit?
- ZenPro 12y ago
  Depends if you consider the blog and subsequent invitation on HN to be an offer to treat - acceptance being the implementation of said advice. Without a legal disclaimer then the blog could theoretically be held accountable as they positioned themselves as the authority and invited action.
brubaker 12y ago
"I can sue you" No you can't. They were not your lawyer, it was a blog on the internet by some random person. "IANAL" needs to die. You take free info with a grain of salt. It points you in the right (or wrong) direction.

by ZenPro 12y ago

ceejayoz 12y ago

> If you want example of a sterling legal disclaimer then check out... Is this legal advice? Can I sue you?

ZenPro 12y ago
Are you a moron? Who would you sue - the username?
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  Lawyers have historically had little trouble suing John Does and subpoenaing ISPs/websites to get access to IPs and the users underneath them. All that said, the point apparently wooshed a few miles above your head.
  - ZenPro 12y ago
    Nope. The point was a snark which does more to embarrass the poster than myself. I posted a link to someone else's legal disclaimer as an example of how legal advisory services protect themselves. They used it to try and paraphrase my own comment back to me, unsuccessfully. You could subpoena HN but it would display a startling lack of understanding about ISPs, legal process, HN and the Internet. One, a subpoena has to be delivered in person...

teachingaway 12y ago

I think a lot of these "not legal advice" disclaimers are overkill. You can't get proper "legal advice" from a blog. You get legal advice when you hire a lawyer. A blog might be full of accurate and useful legal information, but that doesn't make it "legal advice" in the sense that you can sue the blogger for legal malpractice. Maybe I'm wrong here, but has anyone actually seen such a lawsuit?

ZenPro 12y ago
Depends if you consider the blog and subsequent invitation on HN to be an offer to treat - acceptance being the implementation of said advice. Without a legal disclaimer then the blog could theoretically be held accountable as they positioned themselves as the authority and invited action.

brubaker 12y ago

"I can sue you" No you can't. They were not your lawyer, it was a blog on the internet by some random person. "IANAL" needs to die. You take free info with a grain of salt. It points you in the right (or wrong) direction.