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Things You Need To See - #5 — DanuPoyner.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:12:05 +0000

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Comment on Stupid email disclaimers: don’t use them! by Matt Lewandowsky

Matt Lewandowsky — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:38:47 +0000

@Sean Carmody: Heh. Don’t forget: “This message will self-destruct in ten seconds.”

@Carol Shepherd: Thanks for confirming something I’ve long suspected. I’ve always meant to email a lawyer to ask, but it turns out that most have mail servers that include a disclaimer. (Though, gratefully, usually along the lines of “This message was sent insecurely and does not constitute legal advice; for advice, please use our secure email service.” Which makes me wonder, what IS “secure email”? Non-net-connected webmail? PGP-signed? Something else?)

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by jay

jay — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:16:43 +0000

I’d vote for the residents of Mullumbimby who are trying to either: (1) stop woolworths opening a shop in town (2) Trying to stop major music festivals taking place on privately owned land and (3) The woman who once said “People hate change in Mullumbimby” when change is the only certainty in this town

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:24:22 +0000

@Allison Reynolds: Nah, you’re not blocked. I didn’t know who Greg Bird was, or anything about this incident, and my mental note to look it up before responding got forgotten.

Cnutful, sure, but “futilely resisting the tide of change”? Not so sure…

Comment on Stupid email disclaimers: don’t use them! by Sean Carmody

Sean Carmody — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:11:35 +0000

Excellent! Now I will work on getting our corporate IT guys to change the automated disclaimer to the following.

IANAL. YMMV.

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by Allison Reynolds

Allison Reynolds — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:48 +0000

Stilgherrian must have me blocked on Twitter because I nominated Greg Bird, the stupid NRL player who glassed his girlfriend, then tried to get his friend to take the rap.

I have to call out his girlfriend too who is “standing by her man” even after he maimed her.

I can’t decide which one is the bigger cnut… they both deserve each other.

Comment on Stupid email disclaimers: don’t use them! by Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:28:55 +0000

@Carol Shepherd: Thanks for that comment. (I’ve edited it slightly to make the link neater.) It’s always good to know that one’s non-lawyerly gut feeling is backed up by people with a clue. Plus it’s also good to see an example of how to use blog comments well to promote your business!

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:14:51 +0000

@firstdog and @Kate Carruthers: I agree with your sentiments about telcos, but I'm wondering whether nominating Telstra as a cnut is shooting fish in a barrel?

Comment on Stupid email disclaimers: don’t use them! by Carol Shepherd

Carol Shepherd — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:36:31 +0000

@platypus, you’re absolutely right that email disclaimers do not reduce anybody’s duty of care, which is based upon things wholly outside of self-serving communications.

There are legitimate reasons for email disclaimers, although easily 95% of the disclaimers that people use do not fall within the legitimate reasons. They can be used to signal that a claim of privilege is not available, as in:

“I am not your freakin’ lawyer so don’t even think that this auto-reply to your website inquiry constitutes legal advice.”

They can also be used in cases where a contract requires parties to exchange confidential communications, where the communications have to be marked ‘confidential’ in order for a claim of trade secrecy or proprietary rights to apply. (In other words, if you send us your stuff and you don’t mark it properly, we can apply for a patent on it.)

I have a blog post on this. My Fortune 500 clients always ask me about these things; they’re always using them.

I’m thinking about opening an annual award for the longest and most ridiculous email disclaimers.

Carol Shepherd, Attorney
Arborlaw PLC

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by Kate Carruthers

Kate Carruthers — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:24:53 +0000

Oh here is the bloody suggestion on your bloody blog:

Telstra in particular & all other telcos in general. Cnutes of the first degree the lot of them, especially in relation to broadband pricing, rollout and plans!

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by firstdog

firstdog — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:42:44 +0000

Australian Telecommunications Companies. All of them. For their utter utter utter failure to effectively and actively grasp the many, varied and sometimes downright scary opportunities thrown up by new media webbiness and etc and so on. I mean really. They are earning money hand over fist and doing A REALLY BAD JOB. I am the kind of consumer who would happily hand over my hard earned if A: the service wasn’t poo and B: they appeared to have even the vaguest notion of what they are doing. e.g. Pricing, Speed, Coverage, Content development and delivery. Morons. Cnuts of the year I say.

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:35:00 +0000

@DizzyStuff: I will certainly have something to say about the Fairfax journalists’ strike. I don’t know that they’re cnuts, though, more just sad…

@Andrew E: The Republicans certainly are trying to hold back a tide of change — and I don’t just mean the Obamageddon they face.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I simply do not understand why Morris Iemma is still Premier of New South Wales. Actually, I don’t understand how he got the job in the first place. One of my very first posts here was Morris Iemma, you f—wit!, which I still stand by. Except that these days I wouldn’t censor myself.

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by Andrew E

Andrew E — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:59:52 +0000

Everyone who votes Republican in November = Cnut.
Anyone still running Windows 95 = Cnut
Morris Iemma = Cnut

Comment on Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”? by DizzyStuff

DizzyStuff — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:54:34 +0000

If the requirement for nomination is

“people who futilely resist the forces of change… particularly… trying to hold back the changes brought by the Internet, with its greater connectivity, transparency and democracy”

…surely the striking Fairfax journos are in with a chance?