Is There such a Thing as Internet Insurance?
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Sam writes: “My question that I wanted to ask is for someone like yourself who has a real identity online… do you insure yourself against things like Defamation as you are being broadcast live? I mean if you were talking to your wife in another room about how you thought the snack food you were eating tasted icky you would be then open to a lawsuit for Defamation.”
If there was any kind of insurance, it would likely be tied into an Errors and Omissions policy. Since I am streaming live, anything can and will happen. It’s live! I’m much more cognizant now of things I am doing and saying. There are times I can be a little more human that what people expect of me. Could I be sued for saying that something tastes like junk? Well, I’m sure I could.. but it’s unlikely. Unless I state it is fact that something tastes nasty, then yes. A company could try to sue me for damages. However, if I just tell you that my opinion is that it’s yucky… then there’s nothing a company can do. As long as what I’m saying isn’t presented as fact, I’m ok. I’m no lawyer, certainly… but that’s the way I understand it.
There are times when I wish I had muted before something was said or done. In fact, just the other day, I had Showtime playing on my desktop while I was out of the office. Granted, it was postage stamp sized… but something came on that was extremely NOT appropriate. Thankfully, Kat called me right away, and I went up to shut it off. I wasn’t intentionally trying to broadcast something offensive, it just happened. I know people get upset with me when I can’t interact with you all as much as you’d like. Please understand that I am exceedingly busy right now, with many projects. I appreciate the support from all of you.
But as far as I know, no. There is no “internet insurance” available. I do my best to live life so that I have no regrets. Broadcasting live is no different.
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32 Comments
NJ Tech Geek
April 11th, 2008
at 3:46am
Who Should I have Speak and Sponsor our Conference? Who Should I Have Speak and Sponsor our Conference? Five Ways Vista is better than OS X? Is the Adobe Media Player any Good?Is There such a Thing as Internet Insurance?
Xphome
April 9th, 2008
at 6:59am
ID10T virus, hehe
mkwii2006
April 9th, 2008
at 7:22am
Wow, no “1st” I do a stream at times, but i don’t worry about being sued. Thanks Chris.
PCouch1993
April 9th, 2008
at 7:52am
ID10T virus
ha, contagious
xxxs13
April 9th, 2008
at 8:43am
5TH !!
I joke, I joke ;)
corebore13
April 9th, 2008
at 8:58am
FIRST, but really like 6TH
NeoYoshi50
April 9th, 2008
at 9:52am
You get the ID10T virus anyways. XD
NeoYoshi50
April 9th, 2008
at 9:52am
INFECTED by the ID10T virus. XD
kevin92620
April 9th, 2008
at 4:10pm
first, so do i get the A1D$…i mean ID10T virus now?
kevnca
April 9th, 2008
at 5:24pm
It’s called slander, you cannot get sued for it. Libel on the other hand is slander in written from and published, which can be sued. Opinionate away Chris.
liam065 (chatroomname)
April 9th, 2008
at 1:23pm
on theinternet
corebore13
April 9th, 2008
at 8:23pm
yay…sorry i had to do it i wanted the virus…
TGseason10
April 9th, 2008
at 10:24pm
Good thing noone said “first” :P
luke403
April 9th, 2008
at 5:50pm
Yea, Chris talks bad about stuff in front of hundreds of people at a time. Take windows vista as an example. :)
Jordinsanity
April 10th, 2008
at 4:25pm
FIRST!!!!!!
SeanBabyFace
April 10th, 2008
at 5:23pm
ha ha when u showed tv i was in the stream and it was porn there was like 600 views
guest2424
April 10th, 2008
at 10:16pm
I have 6 “lucky bamboo” lily plants and I like them. All you need is filtered water and a tad of fertilizer from time to time. If you don’t need it in shapes or a spiral, you can get them much bigger and cheaper. Ask all your local plant stores/section if they have them. My local store had them completely separated and out of view from the expensive ones. I have likely been walked by them for years and never noticed, depending on how long they have been selling them.
krasicaboy
April 11th, 2008
at 4:04am
do you have vagina???
DJEmergency
April 11th, 2008
at 4:53am
sorry chris I haven’t been in the chat much. I’ve been really bust with alot of things. I do how ever watch your videos on here when I get a chance. Have a great day man. You got some good points.
bullit131
April 11th, 2008
at 8:54pm
internet insurance… sounds like they’ll pay you if you lose your data from a hacker. oops there goes a file, $1,000 please virtual statefarm insurance
even0dds
April 11th, 2008
at 10:47pm
i dont think so myself, buyer beware in real life moreso goes online
ultimamods
April 12th, 2008
at 2:06pm
Chris u r the best
pavlepavlovic123
April 12th, 2008
at 2:42pm
nowone coments my channel or my vids or my blog or anything
exept emails i get 10 a day max
LukeTheShizzle
April 12th, 2008
at 6:11pm
ID10T VIRUS.. hahaha
calvincoetzee
April 13th, 2008
at 10:33pm
yeah but in america ppl sue for everything dont they lol
chootastic
April 14th, 2008
at 12:14am
You can’t be sued for an opinion. You can be sued if you say something that isn’t true.
TxNana
April 13th, 2008
at 8:13pm
I believe to many people streaming don’t take the time to think about what they are saying or streaming.(content) They get caught up in the moment. Maybe there should be uniformed laws to help protect people on the internet. We all have morals. Not everyone uses good judgment all the time. Just my opinion
Cabgh5950
April 16th, 2008
at 10:21pm
Lol you have the ID10T VIRUS you idiot!!
TheWhiteNationalist
April 18th, 2008
at 3:42pm
Shameless! You plugged yourself in the first sentence.
imlsot
April 20th, 2008
at 4:17am
LOL wth are you kidding me? how old is Sam? that questions so ignorant. thanks chris for explaining it nicely, but seriously that’s common sense. plus the consumers have all the rights to critic their product that THEY purchased, its the media and new reporters if they start to critic they’re gonna go under some business with the manufacturer
Nrrody
May 4th, 2008
at 11:42pm
according to wikipedia the opinion thing he talked about is not true
mikeltje
May 29th, 2008
at 3:48am
Shit happens internet isn’t perfect, it never should be it would make it boring.