cas_whitmore Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 what a shame vince's site closed down suddenly. cas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilzy Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Does anyone know what happened its claiming because of legal reasons has someone created a stir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normex Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Before registering here today I had registered there today as well so I can say I am the last unfortunate member to have registered there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The problem with public forums is that the person who owns it legally becomes the 'Publisher' It does not matter who posts whatever message as ultimately it's down to the 'publisher' to remove slanderous comments and so on... It's one of the reasons I am quite strict on this site and ask for people not to bitch about products, services, people e.t.c and why posts which are outside of this happy place get removed. It's also a legal requirement for any forum owner to remove a post which names or implies a person if they ask for it to be removed. There are many other legal requirements like this regarding 'publishing' It can be a bit of a mine field if your not sure of the legal requirements. At a guess, someone was offended by something posted and sought legal help. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom-vince Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Lots of interesting comments. The forum was not forced shut and SW hit the nail on the head. "The problem with public forums is that the person who owns it legally becomes the 'Publisher' It does not matter who posts whatever message as ultimately it's down to the 'publisher' to remove slanderous comments and so on... It's one of the reasons I am quite strict on this site and ask for people not to bitch about products, services, people e.t.c and why posts which are outside of this happy place get removed. It's also a legal requirement for any forum owner to remove a post which names or implies a person if they ask for it to be removed. There are many other legal requirements like this regarding 'publishing' It can be a bit of a mine field if your not sure of the legal requirements. " I realised cannot read every comment made by every member, but if I do not then I can be liable to what is said. I would have liked to have an unmoderated forum but there is no possible way to do this without risk. I learned this and took the decision to close the forum, I apologised and even suggested we continue to use paramotorclub which it looks like many of you are already members. Its a small sport in the UK, if we can get every member onto one forum then there will be more input, more learning, more knowledge all in one place. I would rather be moderated than moderator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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