jumpmaster
New Member
Hello...
I have read with keen interest the threads on here about who owns the content of posts in forums, but did not find any relevent answers. I've found myself in a situation where I am going to request my posts be removed from a website. There are over 600 posts.
It's a long story, but the short version is I used to be a moderator there and now I am not. They banned my IP address and now have all of my contributions on their website.
Now, I am doing research and found that on one of the pages on their forums, the following text is displayed at the bottom of the page:
"The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content."
This only shows on one area of there forums. Their "rules" do not state anything about the ownership of posts otherwise.
Here is what I was planning on doing...first, I will send a registered (certified?) letter demanding removal of all posts under the specified username within three days of receipt of the letter. I have no reason to beleve they will comply, so next I was going to contact their webhosting service and demand same from them.
I know all of this is going to be limited by how much time and money I have, but am I on to a good start so far? I am going to be starting my own website and they should not have use of my posts since I am no longer on there.
Thanks for any help...
I have read with keen interest the threads on here about who owns the content of posts in forums, but did not find any relevent answers. I've found myself in a situation where I am going to request my posts be removed from a website. There are over 600 posts.
It's a long story, but the short version is I used to be a moderator there and now I am not. They banned my IP address and now have all of my contributions on their website.
Now, I am doing research and found that on one of the pages on their forums, the following text is displayed at the bottom of the page:
"The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content."
This only shows on one area of there forums. Their "rules" do not state anything about the ownership of posts otherwise.
Here is what I was planning on doing...first, I will send a registered (certified?) letter demanding removal of all posts under the specified username within three days of receipt of the letter. I have no reason to beleve they will comply, so next I was going to contact their webhosting service and demand same from them.
I know all of this is going to be limited by how much time and money I have, but am I on to a good start so far? I am going to be starting my own website and they should not have use of my posts since I am no longer on there.
Thanks for any help...