Re: Ad support on UC sites

On Dec 6, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Tom Holub wrote:

> In my opinion, the UC Electronic Communications Policy, section III
> part D (Allowable Uses) is fairly clear on this:
>
>
>> Restrictions. University electronic communications resources may
>> not be used for:
>> · ...
>> · commercial purposes not under the auspices of the
>> University;
>
>

Doesn't get much clearer than that. Thanks Tom.

> He could argue, I suppose, that selling commercial ads on his web
> site is "under the auspices of the University," but it sounds like
> bad practice to me. If he wants a commercial site, he should
> host it on a commercial provider, not at Berkeley.

Heh - that's what I told him originally. But the more I thought about
it, the more I had trouble coming up with an objection that made any
sense. But the Communications Policy stands; I'll share that with him.

Thanks,
Scot

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Scot Hacker, Webmaster
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
http://journalism.berkeley.edu
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