Did the company’s MD threaten legal action to you because of something that you posted on EuroGA or did he threaten legal action to you because of something that somebody else posted?
I suppose it’s the former and censoring the forum even more because of that isn’t really the best approach in my view.
Not necessary, everybody there accepts the rules. Also everybody posts their airplane serial number, registration, phone number in their profile.
Both, AFAICT. It makes no difference, because it affects everybody who posts.
I did offer you the opportunity to pay the salary of a non-posting mod, some time ago
The Paypal button didn’t work.
Although moderation is not required. The often mentioned PuF works without, unless in rare cases like spambots and obvious infractions on the rights of others. However, the theory of there being “covert” moderation as part of a larger conspiracy plot is something I cannot easily prove wrong…
I guess what Peter wants to say is that although he may be right (as Alexis says), defending that assumption in a court costs too much money.
Recht haben und Recht bekommen sind zwei verschiedene Dinge, as it goes in German.
And I have to admit, literally no thread in PuF ever remains on the topic. That just doesn’t happen. I wonder why :)
Alexis
It seems you are avoiding the point, or maybe pretending not to understand. I think the quote below sums it up. You chose to comment on one part of that post but not the bit I show here.
dublinpilot wrote:
2. It’s wrong to allow positive postings about a company, if that company will insist that negative comments must be removed.
In such a case, a reader of the forum will only see positive comments and might unfairly form an incorrect impression of the company, rather than a balanced impression.
This makes sense to me and seems to be the best for the reader of the forums.
Whatever, really. This stuff is really not on my list of most important things, but I have commented that I do understand. Understand what Peter means, but not agree.
Before I chip in – firstly I do agree with Peter (and David) that it is simply not worth the hassle… That being said – at the moment (until May 25 – 2018 when GDRP comes into place) the UK laws give individuals (not companies who have very little legal means on “opinion pieces” on fora) the following rights …
The Data Protection Act (funny enough all of this stuff falls under this act) gives rights to individuals in respect of the personal data that organisations hold about them. The Act says that:
The last 2 being the relevant ones. GDRP will change regulation for all states – which will protect the individual a lot further than it currently does…
Peter wrote:
One can sue for economic / reputational damage anywhere.
folks, this is site run by Peter and if he has reason to edit/delete/not to post, we simply need to accept. If I was in his shoes, I would do the same. It´s nice to win at the court but the overhead on that….