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Originally posted by dj_sniffy
[B]Originally posted by darksoft
are we tap dancing in our responses? no, they have been timely and to the point. FreeAdultContent addressed some excellent points, but they were based on sniffy causing harm to a webmaster. this thesis is completely incorrect, since sniffy can only warn or advise. It's the sponsor and the webmaster's actions that causes termination.
-dj
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My thesis although based on a webmaster being harmed does not make it completely incorrect. As they say the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
Incorrect or unchecked advise can be harmfull. We are dealing with human behavior here. That means we must throw in such possibilities as greed, lazyness, stupity, personal opinions, and ethics.
Advise from a 3rd party can be just as liable as whomever uses that advise to punish someome. Let me play pretend here for a moment. Lets say I am promoting a sponsor that is using your service. They are unethical themselves (like all sponsors are ethical) and do not want to pay me for whatever reason. I get pissed about non payment since they will not answer my emails, so I come to GFY and make a drama popcorn thread about them. Facing public scrutiny, they post back saying that your program said I had their banners on a page with illegal terms. I know this is not true, yet I am now being slung through the mud publicly and your program is being used as the scape goat.
The sponsor and yourself are the only ones with the data, so either I am faced with being labeled a cheater or peddler of CP, or I fight this. I decide to fight this and take the sponsor to court. Do you think for one second your program would not be named in a suit as well? Do you think I would not get disclosure on your database for my case?
If I win or loose your database is now public record. If the courts also found that your database provided the wrong information, do you honestly think the courts would just look the other way and just say you can only get damages from the company that used the false info?