More on Blog Disclaimers
Robert Scoble, of Scobleizer and Microsoft on disclaimers: "When would I not listen to my bosses? If they told me to put a disclaimer on every post. That's not a blogging best practice, sorry Josh. Find another way."
He's referring to this josh ledgard post: "Some Microsofties are now including disclaimer text at the end of each posting in addition to linking to a disclaimer on the sidebar. A long internal thread went around where 'best practice' guidance was given from a member of the legal team that included inserting the disclaimer into every entry as well as in any comment we leave on other blogs."
I think adding this language to your disclaimer though may be helpful: "The views expressed herein are solely the author's and should not be attributed to his employer or their clients. This site is not maintained utilizing the author's employer's resources or on company time."
See also blawging difficulties.
Update: Loosely Coupled asks whether rss/atom feeds should contain a disclaimer field since so many readers only peruse the site in that manner: "if no one ever sees my disclaimer, am I actually disclaiming any liability?"
Also, josh ledgard whose post got us rolling here, discovers that lawyers blog and responds to my disclaimer language by saying that sometimes blogging is part of the job.
He's referring to this josh ledgard post: "Some Microsofties are now including disclaimer text at the end of each posting in addition to linking to a disclaimer on the sidebar. A long internal thread went around where 'best practice' guidance was given from a member of the legal team that included inserting the disclaimer into every entry as well as in any comment we leave on other blogs."
I think adding this language to your disclaimer though may be helpful: "The views expressed herein are solely the author's and should not be attributed to his employer or their clients. This site is not maintained utilizing the author's employer's resources or on company time."
See also blawging difficulties.
Update: Loosely Coupled asks whether rss/atom feeds should contain a disclaimer field since so many readers only peruse the site in that manner: "if no one ever sees my disclaimer, am I actually disclaiming any liability?"
Also, josh ledgard whose post got us rolling here, discovers that lawyers blog and responds to my disclaimer language by saying that sometimes blogging is part of the job.
