There has been much talk about disclosure policies lately, especially with how some marketing groups have criticized pay per post and similar types of blog monetization schemes. For instance, do you know that PayPerPost owns disclosure.org? So they do encourage disclosure, but then it seems like a double standard with how they encourage disclosure, but covertly encourage people to use an automatic disclosure policy generator that they themselves own.

At any rate, here’s a funny thing I noticed surfing Andy Beard’s blog. He would sometimes include the following note on his posts, whenever he makes statements with potentially legal implications.

• I am not a lawyer, and the wording I have used was not written by a lawyer


• You should check with your legal consultant and this is provided for entertainment purposes only
  

Now I don’t think this would exactly turn away the legal types from actually dissecting your blog and looking for things they can use against you. But for the rest of us unlearned in the legal arts, this serves to be useful. Or at least quite humorous. This way, no one will blame you if they screw up or do something really stupid with the post you’ve just published.

It’s like saying I will not be held liable for any stupid stuff you may do as a result of reading my blog.

So there. Let me reiterate that I am not a lawyer, and if you get into hot water as a result of reading JOAB, or doing stuff that we recommended here on JOAB, it’s not our fault.

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