Thursday, October 13, 2005

IIPM v. Bloggers Part II

Continuing with the IIPM vs Bloggers debate, I was surfing www.iipm.edu to know more about the institute when i, just for the sake of curiosity perused their disclaimer page.(You can find it here http://www.iipm.edu/disclaimer.html). I present below an excerpt from that page : "IIPM is not responsible for the contents put on any of its own web sites by the web master. None of the information provided on the web site may be held against or for IIPM."

Make your own opinion on that one, but i personally think thats shady. Now can somebody who is legally erudite tell me if thats a standard disclaimer? Brilliant if it is, cos then rashmi and gaurav just need to add the same lines in their blogs saying information on their blog cant be held against them and they will be in the clear. That line of reasoning was purely for argument's sakes and I would much rather that the war was fought in the open and not over a cup of tea on some cosy corner table.

P.S: Read the entire disclaimer at the url provided lest i be accused of thrusting that excerpt above out of context. And in case they do change their webpage before you can get to it, not to worry. I have that covered.

5 Comments:

At 9:59 PM, Blogger Rohit De said...

I'm a lawyer and what foggy memories of disclaimer clauses tell me, such a disclaimer has no legal validity. If you can show that the web designer is hired by IIPM and IIPM supervises their work, they remain liable

 
At 12:54 AM, Blogger Invincible said...

i dont think an author of a webpage can him/herself stick a disclaimer that the views expressed here are not mine and can not be held against me!!

So not sure whether it'd absolve Gaurav n Varna. But anyway, it's no crime to seek truth. So that shud absolve them anyway.

 
At 3:05 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

Thats what i thought too personally. I mean if just saying that you are not responsible for what you do absolves you of any accountability then everybody can have a go at everybody else and still be a saint by that definition.

Red, specifically if its found on www.iipm.edu they are liable irrespective of who the webdesigner is for they solicit request mails on the same website for prospectus etc.

 
At 9:27 AM, Blogger Megamind said...

ROTFL...

 
At 2:36 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Also interesting to note that they're taking refuge under the DMCA, which IMHO (but IANAL) has no locus standi in India.

And I second loverboy. Ultra shady. So what they're saying is - they get someone to do their website, but aren't responsible for its content? WTF??

 

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