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Number one reason to -- or not to -- share a web server

Number one reason to -- or not to -- share a web server: The story that The Los Angeles Times broke today in a news update concerning Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski continues to evolve.

Both Judge Kozinski himself -- in this post at "Above the Law" -- and the Ninth Circuit's Circuit Executive -- in a statement reported on at WSJ.com's "Law Blog" -- have stated that at least some of the material that is the focus of The LATimes article was placed online by Judge Kozinski's son, Yale.

This explanation, which The LATimes article leads one to believe that Judge Kozinski did not initially offer when that newspaper's reporters interviewed him, points out the risks and benefits of sharing a web server with another person.

The risk is that the other person may post objectionable things online that third-parties may attribute to you instead. And the benefit is that if third-parties attribute to you objectionable things found on your web server, you can always claim that those things were put there by the other person having an ability to upload things to the web server.

Thanks to those readers who have already responded to the inquiries listed in my earlier, related post. I may post some reader comments later tonight.

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).