Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] "Folks"
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:07:45 -0400

> > Have you checked with a knowledgeable lawyer on this?  Does B&H
> know that
> > you use their equipment, time (since I assume you are doing this
> > during work
> > hours), and name for "such" posts?  Are you sure that if you
> > defame someone
> > (or commit some other crime while using B&H facilities) that
> your employer
> > has NO legal responsibility at all?
>
>
> Wow - you mean no-one on the LUG is using their employers
> computer? My god,
> what do you lazy buggers do all day - sit around on the deck with gin and
> tonics and a laptop?

Oh, I'm sure they do.  Most don't advertise it in their "From".  I really
don't care if anyone posts using employers facilities, and certainly Henry
has a lot of knowledge that he has garnered by being at B&H, but it is the
liability that it carries I am curious about.