I received this wonderful question today. I will answer it publicly so that
all may know the answer..
If one is a pump rental station, does that mean that one is an employee of
that co.? Is BF literature(including books, magazine articles, & LLL
reprints) also considered products that we cannot discuss by name?
Since pump rental stations, or LCs who rent pumps, do not receive money
directly from the pump company this fact is not necessary to mention.
However, if you are an executive for Playtex, Medela, or Wyeth,, or are a
paid consultant for any large corporation such as this, it **IS** necessary
to preface your comments with this info, so that people can realize your
affiliation.
This is not meant to curtail lively and helpful discussions. On the
contrary, we want these discussions AND we ARE trying to protect ourselves
and our subscribers from legal action, concurrently. We have been warned
about possible legal action that could occur , (there are some very suit
happy people in this world) and are doing our best to prevent Lactnet
subscribers or owners from being an unpleasant example in the new field of
Cyber-Law.
Also, Breast feeding literature, drugs, books, magazine articles, LLL info ,
may be discussed in responsible ways. To quell all discussion of books,
drugs by name, etc, would be to kill the life spirit of Lactnet, and this is
**s** important for us to preserve. The message said:
"Please refrain from the injudicious use of brand names."
That means that one should avoid slamming, or badmouthing products on line.
since Lactnet is a public place, and anyone can join, even people who are
listening in with the intent of finding out what we, as professionals,
think, in order to have it work against lactation, as a world issue.
I hope that this clarifies things. Bear with us. We are in process of
figuring out these things as we go. We are doing our best to maintain the
LACTNET we love, while reducing chances for liabilities....it is a new area...
Kathleen
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Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLL Leader
Co-Owner Lactnet, LLLOL, Corgi-L E-mail lists
LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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