Shoutbox

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Originally posted by MeEtc
maybe microsoft should shut google down until they remove all the links to WLM 9

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Haha that's what me and chris said....


Microsoft v Google!

Place your bets! 

hmm I wonder who would win though lol

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Originally posted by Nathan
hmm I wonder who would win though lol

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Interesting -- I think Microsoft should win

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Originally posted by MerK
Interesting -- I think Microsoft should win(Smilie)

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BLASPHEMY!

I too believe a formal explanation/apology wouldn't go a miss though

google all the way.

who wants to second me for the hell of it?

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Originally posted by aNILEator

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Originally posted by MerK
Interesting -- I think Microsoft should win

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BLASPHEMY!

I too believe a formal explanation/apology wouldn't go a miss though

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Let me clear my words -- I don't care who wins right now, I use both systems and don't have problems, I already posted before that I love google maps and earth, but the other video I saw broke my reality I know you disagree with the video and I respect that.   Then again, I don't have any problem with google nor Microsoft, both works fine for me.

No one closes my sites. ;-;  Nobody hates me.

To be fair, you knew the content shouldn't have been on the site in the first place..

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Originally posted by absorbation
So it turns out Microsoft contacted Dreamhost about links to WLM 9 links in some comments on the website:
http://www.msgstuff.com/news/post/432/

Last night my website was taken offline until I removed the content and I was issued with a formal DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice regarding allegedly infringing content.

If Microsoft sent me an email asking me to remove the comments I would of complied. I'm really annoyed about it, I feel like I have been bullied by Microsoft .

What do you guys think?

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I think "MS" should have done it way sooner already.

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Originally posted by aNILEator
That's highly unlike the team we used to know, I'd've expected them to have asked you first hand from the contact section, really lost some more respect for the messenger live team now

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I beg to differ though. Ok, sometimes it could be more 'polite' to contact the author of the website. But the problem is quite often that it isn't that easy to contact them (if they react at all, and if they even have a 'contact' form). And to check each site each time for a contact form (and checking if you got the correct contact) is time consuming I suppose.

Contacting the host seems normal to me, and not "wrong". What the host does with the email is another thing. If your host decides to preventive close your site, you should complain to them. Although it is their perfect right to do so without even noticing you. Most hosts don't allow illegal content and if you still put illegal contact on your site they have every right to close it down.

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Originally posted by Oxy
To be fair, you knew the content shouldn't have been on the site in the first place..

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exactly.



If anyone should make an apology it would be those who provide illegal content. Simple as that....

I made sure I didn't provide links to WLM 9, someone posted a comment in a very old post (Jan 2007) around 2 weeks ago. Secondly to contact Dreamhost they would have had to look up my WHOIS information, which states my email address. It was an unnecessary step and provided a lot of hassle to get my site running again.