Griever/Disclaimers and Intentions

Staddon vs. Griever: Legal Disclaimer

Intent

The contents of this web site (where "this web site" is any pages on hypertwins.org bearing the label "Staddon vs. Griever" at or near the top of the page) are not indended to in any way demean, belittle, intimidate, harass, or in any other way cause harm to the defendants in this case. Its sole intentions are:

• To aid the Plaintiff (me) in organizing my thoughts
• To aid in obtaining the thoughts and suggestions of other individuals not necessarily involved in this case
• To avoid the spread, intended or otherwise, of inaccurate information (as in rumors) regarding the participants in this case, by making correct information available to all
• To aid with the correction of any inaccurate information upon which I may be carrying forth this suit by posting said information online in wiki format, which allows others to edit existing pages and to add their own information
• In general, to aid in the pursuit, discovery, and dissemination of the truth -- whatever it may be, and whomever it may favor -- in all matters related to this case.

Usage

Anyone, including the Defendants and those sympathetic to them, are welcome to post to this site. I ask only that they use editorial discretion in placement of their edits and that they draw a clear distinction between opinion and fact:

• If something is a fact, the documentation should be given or mentioned (e.g. "sales receipt from Company X on [date]"). Where possible, the item in question should be posted in its entirety on a separate page (if it is a receipt, scanned images may be uploaded to this site and linked).
• If something is an opinion, the statement should be prefixed with "We contend that..." or "The Defense contends that" or "Lynne says...". If you create a new page for such opinions, the "We contend..." phrase only needs to appear once at the top of the page.

If I have made any lapses in this area, please feel free to point them out.

Initiative

My lawyer has advised me against posting anything on the web about this case. My lawyer also suggested that if I posted anything, I should post only the official court documents, since they are available to the public (on file at the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse, I believe). This entire site was created at my own initiative, and I will not hold my lawyer accountable for any disputes that may arise due to its existence. (And no, my lawyer didn't ask me to write this.)

Motivation

When I initially created this area, I "played it safe" and posted only public documents. I now feel that the benefit of full disclosure outweighs the risk. This case has dragged on far too long, and if this "brings down some heat" then at least it has gotten things moving again. I feel that the risk of such "heat" is very low, however, for the following reasons:

• I do not believe that posting this information, per se, violates any law
• Any information unfavorable to the Defense is either backed up with documentation and therefore shown to be factual, thus removing it from the realm of libel or slander

Caveats

I make no warrant or promise, however, that I will not remove or alter postings which violate the intent of this web site. (Please note that the edit history for any given page may be viewed by clicking on the "History" tab at the top of the page; if you think a page has been altered, check there. I won't mess with the history data.) I also reserve the right to block users who abuse the site in any way, subject to my judgement.

In general, I make no warrants or promises about the usability or accuracy of this site.

--Woozle 14:27, 5 Jul 2005 (EDT)