Involved in a lawsuit regarding your forum(s)

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  1. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

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    Have you ever been involved in a lawsuit or any form of legal proceedings for any reason pertaining to your forum? If so, what was the situation? Who initiated it (you, or another party)? How did it go?
     
    Nick, Mar 13, 2010
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  2. Keylogged

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    No I've not and I probably never will. My forum is growing but it's going to stay small.
     
    Keylogged, May 18, 2011
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  3. SolidShellSecur

    SolidShellSecur Regular Member

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    When I was a kid had a gaming host sue us for using game content claiming that it was illegal and we were their biggest fansite
     
    SolidShellSecur, Jan 25, 2012
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  4. AWS

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    Yes I was involved with a lawsuit. One of my users sued one of my moderators and me for defamation of character. It was thrown out before it got very far.
     
    AWS, Jan 25, 2012
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  5. jeebus

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    um. not exactly a law suit. but our site was seized by ICE

    blame the other admin. we had to change from com to info afterwards and we lost 70% of our traffic



    edit: cant post links yet :(

    im not spamming, but this is the article. i had to remove the period.

    torrentfreak com/music-linking-site-raided-by-dept-of-homeland-security-ice-101125/
     
    jeebus, Jun 14, 2012
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  6. Joeychgo

    Joeychgo Regular Member

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  7. dojo

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    That must have been tough. Never been involved in something like this and hope it will never be the case.
     
    dojo, Jun 16, 2012
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  8. Joeychgo

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    Honestly... It was fun. But there was a history between me and the plaintiffs -- so it was alot of fun to beat them, especially since they had a trademark firm representing them and I just had lil ole me. :)
     
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    Wow - Must have been incredibly intense. Glad to hear you made it through.
     
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