Hi
Short background - I banned a guy from a forum I am a moderator on after repeated requests to clean up his act and honor the forum rules. It was a group decision but since I was the once being active in public I am now the object of this guy's attention. He has a history of holding a grudge and has harassed someone else for years until now, which is mainly why I am concerned.
The first thing he did was message me on facebook with
"See, now that you banned me, you started it. It will never end. Not with you. Not with your wife. Not with your daughter. Haven't you learned, <name of previous guy he has been stalking>?"
I found this threatening myself but didn't make too much of it. Later a friend pointed me to another forum where he had taken my facebook profile picture and made it his avatar, and changed his signature to "<my name> eat shit". I don't go to that forum very often (last post 2.5 years ago) but I believe this is one of the ways he harassed <name of previous guy he has been stalking>.
I then noticed he dug up the last thread I had posted on about going to an event one day and said "Your daughter was there all week" and posted her facebook profile picture. I complained via someone we know mutually and he deleted the post about my daughter but has kept me as his avatar with the lovely signature line.
He also put my daughters profile picture on a online gallery he has accesss to. I contacted the owner of the gallery and they removed it for me without issue.
1. Has he committed any crimes?
2. Am I able to request the pictures get removed with a DMCA takedown request since my daughter and I own copyright to our pictures?
3. I assume I am SOL on the signature?
Sorry for being so long winded - I am a bit rattled. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Short background - I banned a guy from a forum I am a moderator on after repeated requests to clean up his act and honor the forum rules. It was a group decision but since I was the once being active in public I am now the object of this guy's attention. He has a history of holding a grudge and has harassed someone else for years until now, which is mainly why I am concerned.
The first thing he did was message me on facebook with
"See, now that you banned me, you started it. It will never end. Not with you. Not with your wife. Not with your daughter. Haven't you learned, <name of previous guy he has been stalking>?"
I found this threatening myself but didn't make too much of it. Later a friend pointed me to another forum where he had taken my facebook profile picture and made it his avatar, and changed his signature to "<my name> eat shit". I don't go to that forum very often (last post 2.5 years ago) but I believe this is one of the ways he harassed <name of previous guy he has been stalking>.
I then noticed he dug up the last thread I had posted on about going to an event one day and said "Your daughter was there all week" and posted her facebook profile picture. I complained via someone we know mutually and he deleted the post about my daughter but has kept me as his avatar with the lovely signature line.
He also put my daughters profile picture on a online gallery he has accesss to. I contacted the owner of the gallery and they removed it for me without issue.
1. Has he committed any crimes?
2. Am I able to request the pictures get removed with a DMCA takedown request since my daughter and I own copyright to our pictures?
3. I assume I am SOL on the signature?
Sorry for being so long winded - I am a bit rattled. Thanks in advance for any advice.