Richard,
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> The University of Sussex Students' Union have decided that they would like
> to host part of their web presence off-site (e.g. on a commercial ISP) in
> order to generate advertising revenue.
You seem to suggest they have to move because they want to put links (I
presume) to advertisers. I don't see any reason in the JANET regulations
that would result in such a conclusion. My reasoning is that if a browser
is on a "JANET" site, then the user has a right to go to a commercial
site. If the browser is on a ISP then it has a right to go to a commercial
site (all it gets is the link from a JANET site).
Even if actual information is to be held then it can still be allowed with
some preconditions; a proxy licence, ownership of the h/w by the
University and permission from the University.
> The transition between their Sussex
> (hence JANET) hosted site and the commercial site will (they hope) be
> seamless apart from the change in URL in the nav bar.
>
> Before I let them get on with it, does anyone know of any just impediment to
> this scheme i.e. does it sound like a breach of JANET regulations to anyone?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts!
>
> Richard
> University of Sussex Information Service
>
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