Web Proxy Legal Discussion

With Web proxies being such a popular topic here on DP
I'm hoping I'm not alone with my legal concerns for this type of website.

Currently I have only one live proxy, I have other domains but I'm not game enough to use any of them just yet.

My site is sitting there with no TOS, no Disclaimer and no Privacy agreement!
Considering that anyone could do just about anything from one of these sites, for me this is a cause for concern.
In fact when I finish this post I think I'll add a quick copy and paste one from another proxy site. (I should be less worried about copyright I think)

So... I'm hoping to get some help here from other web proxy users with a kind
of "cookie cutter" TOS and Privacy page templates, that we can all share.

As well as any other legal tips, stories and concerns to do with web proxies.

 

I wouldn't do a quick copy and paste from anything from any other website without permission. Considering this topic is about legal discussion thats not really a good idea.

Running proxies are perfectly legal, at least in the US. I don't know about other countries but you could be contacted by law enforcement and if you do, just comply with the requests and you are fine.

The fact that some proxy owners have had a run-in with the law isn't because they are in trouble or anything, the authorities just want the server logs to investigate the questionable activity.

I too was worried about the moral and ethical effects of running a proxy but later decided that people are going to do what they are going to do. A good example would be to stop making guns so people will stop shooting each other. Obviously it's flawed logic. Write your OWN TOS page or use the onle Glype gives away. You could get a DMCA notice for copying someone else's content.

 

Thankyou IProx

I only just realized that glype comes with one.
Took me a while to work out how to integrate it with the template
and not show any adsense but I've got it sorted now.

Feeling much safer already

 

please tell how to integrate it with the proxy? i havent been able to figure that out ?

 

Are you using Glype? this is the only script I have used so far.

First upload the disclaimer.php to you sites root directory.

Then edit your /themes/'current theme'/main.php.
Place a link to the disclaimer.php where you want it to appear.
Next you need to add the <!-- CONTENT START --> and <!-- CONTENT END --> tags to this page.
Save and upload.

That's it!

Everything between these two tag will be replaced with the disclaimer text,
So make sure your adsense tags are between these tags as well.

I hope I've explained this well enough, if not let me know

 

I understand that glype has a generic disclaimer. Do any legal eagles here know if it's suitable for proxies? Like it is sufficient enough to have a broad definition. I know it might differ from proxy to proxy but I want to get a general idea.

I can post the disclaimer here if anyone wants.

 

I don't think that there are many legal eagles here
(I'd also like an answer on this)

I think it would be better to have a more specific and detailed one, written by a lawyer (this would be expensive though).
This one should be better than nothing though?

 

Here:

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread20610.html
http://www.eproxysites.com/are-proxies-legal/

Not sure how reputable these sites are, but at least it adds to the discussion. Seems to me like the consensus is that proxies are legal. If someone does something illegal with them... then it depends.