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KIPAX · 23-06-2004, 09:36

Roy hosts the forum. Therefore Roy is the one who will be held responsible for anyhting stored on his server. Doesn't matter who wrote it. The person storing it gets into trouble.

There was a court case a few years ago where Demon internet one of the UKs leading internet providors who where one of the first ISP companies in the UK was taken to court by an individual for storing remarks made about him on there servers. the remarks where made on usenet a sort of global messegeboard. Demon where found guilty of storing slanderous content (or is it libel when written?) anyway this at the time sent shockwaves through the whole system and everyone who now stores information such as messages has to be very carefull what they store.

23-06-2004, 09:36	#20
KIPAX God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In My Prime Posts: 6,188 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 70	Re: Deletions of Threads and Postings Roy hosts the forum. Therefore Roy is the one who will be held responsible for anyhting stored on his server. Doesn't matter who wrote it. The person storing it gets into trouble. There was a court case a few years ago where Demon internet one of the UKs leading internet providors who where one of the first ISP companies in the UK was taken to court by an individual for storing remarks made about him on there servers. the remarks where made on usenet a sort of global messegeboard. Demon where found guilty of storing slanderous content (or is it libel when written?) anyway this at the time sent shockwaves through the whole system and everyone who now stores information such as messages has to be very carefull what they store.