Gastown Police Department Unlike most towns, in Gastown, the functions of both the Police and the Judicial system are performed by The Mayor directly. Gastown Webspace is not an editor or a publisher, and therefore claims no responsibility for the content of materials stored in this directory heirarchy.. However, since residents must comply with the terms of service described in the Answers to Frequently Asked Questions document, the following dispute-resolution policy is in effect:

Content Guidelines

Acceptable

• Religious and political pages
• Multi-level marketing representatives
• Bona-fide artistic exhibitions

• Text/Images/Sounds/Movies portraying nudity, sexual acts, violence, or gore.
• Infringement of international copyright
• Hate literature or other violent manifestos
• Libelous comments directed at specific individuals

The intent of these restrictions is not to enforce "politically correct" censorship, but to protect Gastown Webspace and all of its tenants from suffering decreased traffic due to a damaged reputation for the site.

Complaint Handling and Investigation

• If you do not want your accusations or defenses to be forwarded to the other parties in the case, you must explicitly say so in your messages to The Mayor. If you are concerned that other people may be making unauthorized statements in your name, you should consider using Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) software and send me your public key along with a contact name and phone number of a third party who can attest to your identity and provide your key fingerprint.
• The Police Department is not interested in assessing the honesty, character or morals of the people involved, except to the extent that it directly relates to the complaint being investigated.
• The Mayor retains the right to replace contentious content with an descriptive message during the course of the investigation.

Judgement

• If requested, the Police Department will supply (via e-mail) a summary of the evidence collected and the factors considered in making the judgement.
• If the plaintiff still disagrees with the judgement, he or she should contact a lawyer to discuss options. Libel does not offset libel, and net.terrorism (spams, flooding, etc.) only damages the ability of the Internet to be a useful forum for intellectual dialogue.

• Replacement of the offending files with ones that direct the viewer to contact the resident directly via e-mail.
• Removal of uploading privileges where the resident uploads replacement documents which continue to contravene the recommendations of The Mayor.
• Removal of files where necessary, with no refund of remaining funds on deposit for unused months of service. This policy is necessary to offset the cost of unrecoverable time incurred on such investigations.

Temporary PGP Public Key

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Updated: Dec. 15, 1995