vb.org Archive - View Single Post

Chris M · #7 11-11-2007, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freesteyelz

Here is where a nicely written TOS can be of great value.

Assuming the person came into the (let's say a public) forum and posted under his/her own cognizance a request for removal can be made but the forum owner is under no obligation to do so. The implied license here is that the forum owner was given the right to use the work in perpetuity. The forum owner will also have a case if other people had participated in the thread's discussion and by removing the person's posts would mess up the flow of the thread(s).

Just thought I'd throw a spanner in the works: If the person is from the UK, the Data Protection Act 1998 applies, and therefore if they request removal, unless you are issued a court order to retain their information you have to comply with the person's wishes or face legal action...

Chris

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01203 seconds Memory Usage 1,760KB Queries Executed 11 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_box (1)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)post_thanks_postbit_info (1)postbit (1)postbit_onlinestatus (1)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showpost.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_postinfo_query fetch_postinfo fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showpost_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create postbit_factory showpost_post postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start showpost_complete
Messages: