Legal Stuff

I am not a lawyer, and I am new to blogging. Until recently, I would not have realized there needed to be a "Legal Stuff" entry on a blog, and it seems unfortunate. Still, we live in civilization with laws for the welfare of all (I am not going to debate this statement at this point).

Most of my legal info comes from the World Wide Web, especially an article called, "Copyright Explained: I May Copy It, Right?" (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/07/copyright-explained-i-may-copy-it-right/) This article is extensive and sobering.

According to my understanding, anything anyone creates and posts on the Internet is automatically copyrighted. Anything I write is MINE, anything you write is YOURS. I am responsible for what I post, and you are responsible for what you post. Anyone reading this blog should be aware that they may find material on this blog that is offensive or inaccurate. There are legal gray areas, and I may incur some liability for comments posted on this blog. Therefore I reserve the right to delete comments or keep them from appearing in the first place, without written notice or explanation.

Since you are responsible for any comments you post, and have the right to ask me to remove them, I must have some way of verifying that it is indeed YOU who are asking me to remove them. Therefore, I must collect at least basic contact information before allowing any of your comments. Also, since I share liability in cases of alleged or suspected illegal content in any comments you write, I will reluctantly share this contact information with any requesting authorities.

I am new to this, and both my own knowledge and the laws are constantly evolving, so I would expect that this legal notice will evolve as well. Laws are complicated.