Gurm,
no problem.
However, I do not agree with your anwer to Rimfaxe regarding Tom´s responsibility.
As chief editor and owner he is not responsible for the opinions of his contributing editors or staff, as long as they do not infringe on the boundarys of the legislation. For example, if he (or any of his associates) were to say "G450 is pure shit" (which he doesn´t) or "nVidia products are godsent" (which he doesn´t) he may very well do so. If he (or any of his ass.) on the other hand would state that "G450 is manufactured in chinese sweatshops with 10-yearolds working 14 hrs. a day" he would be in serious trouble (if this proved to be wrong). But as for common opinions (and there are hundreds of sites making the same factual claims), no, he´s not responsible for the views of the author.
And do you think a journalist with any integrity would accept to write for his site if those were the conditions?
rubank
ps. Let it be perfectly clear that I don´t underwrite to everything said on THG, I´m just defending his right to publish the stuff. And I don´t buy the assumption that "I´m in the know and anyone who disagrees is an ****ole". ds.
[This message has been edited by rubank (edited 10 December 2000).]
no problem.
However, I do not agree with your anwer to Rimfaxe regarding Tom´s responsibility.
As chief editor and owner he is not responsible for the opinions of his contributing editors or staff, as long as they do not infringe on the boundarys of the legislation. For example, if he (or any of his associates) were to say "G450 is pure shit" (which he doesn´t) or "nVidia products are godsent" (which he doesn´t) he may very well do so. If he (or any of his ass.) on the other hand would state that "G450 is manufactured in chinese sweatshops with 10-yearolds working 14 hrs. a day" he would be in serious trouble (if this proved to be wrong). But as for common opinions (and there are hundreds of sites making the same factual claims), no, he´s not responsible for the views of the author.
And do you think a journalist with any integrity would accept to write for his site if those were the conditions?
rubank
ps. Let it be perfectly clear that I don´t underwrite to everything said on THG, I´m just defending his right to publish the stuff. And I don´t buy the assumption that "I´m in the know and anyone who disagrees is an ****ole". ds.
[This message has been edited by rubank (edited 10 December 2000).]
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