Pirated vb.org mods..

[Shelley_c]

We need big Jack.

[UKBusinessLive]

Classic Shelley

[lasto]

If demand was not there then there would be no boards offering Hacks.
So what does that say....................

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by lasto

If demand was not there then there would be no boards offering Hacks.
So what does that say....................

Lets get Coding

Originally Posted by kevcj

From previous results, most hosting providers do not want to get involved in a copyright dispute.

actually, webhosts are not lawyers, it's not their job to apply any copyrights, and they have no power to protect you. If someone steal your work, engage a lawyer, that is your only solution...

some countries have laws regarding hosting of illegal resources, but you have to proove that your stuff is illegally hosted, that means you have to protect yourself legally too... iogames can say a lot about that...

[kevcj]

Originally Posted by nexialys

actually, webhosts are not lawyers,

I never said hosting providers are lawyers

Originally Posted by nexialys

it's not their job to apply any copyrights,

Your right, its not their job.

Originally Posted by nexialys

and they have no power to protect you.

They have the power to protect theirselves. If the hosting provider thinks that they will get pulled into a lawsuit, some of them will shut the offending site down.


I have been through this before. One of my members posted some copyrighted material on my forum. The owner of the material contacted my host and threatened to sue everyone involved. My host contacted me saying either I remove the content or my account would be closed.

So I removed the content and gave that member a 5 day ban. In the end everyone was happy (hopefully), besides the member that got banned, he was not too happy.