RE: [OT] legal poition on personal posts on a forum

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was asking because a certain forum I use deletes all messages that are
considered 'controversial' i.e. "this supplier gave me bad service as
they took 3 weeks to ship an item they said was in stock" etc...

I was wondering if the forum operators really had grounds to do this. I
know they can do whatever they like as it's their board and I agreed to
their conditions but was wondering from a legal point of view.

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> christopher purves
> Sent: 09 May 2005 18:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] legal poition on personal posts on a forum
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> As long as you are telling the truth I imagine there should be no
problem.
> In otherwords can you defend your comments. People do it all the time
on
> programs like watchdog. People can always take legal action - there is
> nothing you can do to stop that I'm afraid.
>
> Chris
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] legal poition on personal posts on a forum
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 18:46:36 +0100
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> Anybody know what the legal position is if you post something on a
Public
> Forum? i.e. If I post a message saying that supplier X gave a very
poor
> service etc etc.
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> Can they take any legal action (whether or not they are justified)
against
> a) the forum mods/owners b) the individual?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
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