• b3li3v3
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  • Registered: 2007-01-24

Re: Taking down websites

henster wrote:

they're keeping close tabs allright. I've got an idea. Yes, these truthful sites will eventually all be gone, so maybe we could create an email list where anyone can post and all members recieve it, if they want. there's got to be a way to keep this forum going. the fate of humanity might depend on it. in this brave new world, we're running out of options.

of course, they could censor and ban all of our "hate mail" traffic, or ban each of us from the web altogether. scary and scarier. seriously, there should be a failsafe, even if it means creating alter ego websites that change names weekly. maybe we'll have to snail mail but it's worth it.

.........fear should be left behind. Remember, this is a game, people. Play nonchalantly, play with imagination, and play with the eventual intention of stepping out of the game and going to a higher density. I've written on my ceiling this message, to remind me every morning of what I'm really doing - "You're not done waking up! Stop playing this silly game and go get some sunlight. Fnord!". Does that sound right?

...the eye, altering...alters all - William Blake
  • Registered: 2005-10-16

Re: Taking down websites

Yesterday my ISP, ipowerweb.com, took down one of my sites, www.expositus.net.  It was hosting various (about 30 or so) alternative links, videos and ebooks.  The reason they stated, is that they received a (read: one) complaint that I had copyrighted material on the site.  They then took it down without contacting me first to attempt to resolve the issue!  They only emailed me after they suspended service.  They have not yet replied to my email of inquiry yet, and it's been 19 hours so far.

Furthermore, in their email they did not say either a)what material the complaint was referring to; nor b) who the complaint was from.  I have an email address on my site, but I guess that is too friendly a way to ask to removed something from one's site.

"The unknown does not incite fear, but dependence on the known does." - J. Krishnamurti

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  • Registered: 2005-10-16

Re: Taking down websites

Could anyone recommend a good webhost which supports alternative content and who does not pedantically crap on their customers?

"The unknown does not incite fear, but dependence on the known does." - J. Krishnamurti

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  • montalk
  • montalk
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  • Registered: 2004-03-24

Re: Taking down websites

Sucks about what happened, Visavis, but it was only a matter of time. I'm not familiar with any, but lunarpages.com for instance at least gives you a 24 hour notice to remove all copyrighted material before account suspension. So if you do that and respond back saying the problem has been resolved, nothing happens. But consider it inevitable that public sites having copyrighted material, and even private sites if the hosting company does a server audit, will sooner or later run into trouble. Especially nowadays. Torrents and anonymous file uploading services are somewhat safer alternatives too. Foreign servers are another possibility.

Acquiring fringe knowledge is like digging for diamonds in a mine field.

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  • Registered: 2005-10-16

Re: Taking down websites

Hey Montalk, thanks for the advice, yea it is always pretty much a matter of time when you have copyrighted material in the public domain I guess.  I'm just surprised about a) compaints going to the hosting provider before the site admin, and b) the hosting provider taking suspending the site based on 1 complaint and not returning correspondence for a week.  Ah well, back to the drawing board, for now...

"The unknown does not incite fear, but dependence on the known does." - J. Krishnamurti

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