"jeffareid" > wrote in message
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>> I can't imagine ever complaining about any forum or its moderators unless
>> I was
>> paying for access and desperately wanted to stay. So that in itself is
>> pretty
>> trivial to me.
>>
>> On the whole the rules seems geared towards trying to keep on the right
>> side of the
>> law (always a potential problem for forum owners in these litigious
>> times) and
>> trying to impose some kind of behaviour limits. That seems fair enough
>> even if when
>> written down such rules tend to look overbearing.
>
> I left RSC for getting a warning for this video of a demo qualifying run
> by David Coulthard made for some European TV station and one that had
> been available on several web sites for a few years before I mirrored
> it and posted the link at RSC:
>
> http://jeffareid.net/real/spaf1.wmv
>
> They claimed I violated a copyright, and put a yellow card warning
> on all my posts, and refused to give me the time to show that this
> particular video was in the public domain before adding the warining.
>
> They're view was that I was guilty until proven innocent, and that
> the yellow icon would remain attached to every post I ever made
> at RSC until I could prove the video was in public domain by getting
> Bernie Ecclestone, the owner of F1 racing, to send RSC a personal
> letter stating the video was in the public domain.
>
> At the time, there was nothing in the rules about their "infraction
> system". If I wasn't using my real name at RSC this wouldn't have been
> such a big deal, but as it was, I considered the guitly until
> proven innocent yellow flags on my posts to be a violation of their
> own rules since it was "false, abusive, defamatory, and harrasing":
>
> RSC forum rule:
> "2.1: Any content that is false, abusive, defamatory, or harassing
> is not permitted in posts, avatars, and signatures."
>
> A neighbor of mine at the time is a lawyer, and he stated that since
> I had used my real name instead of a persona at RSC, the yellow
> warning on all posts made with my real name, would be enough for
> a viable civil suit for defamation of character. Few forum moderators
> are willing to risk using such a public warning system as RSC does
> because of the legal risks associated with defamation of character.
>
> When I mentioned the defamation issue to RSC moderators, their
> response was to perma-ban me. Rather than start a civil suit, my
> neighbor suggested that I request RSC remove every post I ever
> made there, to eliminate any chance of further defamatory harm,
> which I did and RSC complied by removing all my posts.
>
> Another issue at the time was that RSC was the "official" support
> site for a few games, and any action limiting members access
> to that support could be in violation of any agreement between
> the game makers and RSC. Currently, I'm not aware of any game
> that uses an outside forum for support, so this issue has
> gone away.
>
> I occasionally browse RSC, but I don't ever plan on rejoining
> with their current infraction policy. RSC is the only racing game
> forum that feels they need to chastise it's members with a public
> warning system. All other forum simply delete unwanted content
> and handle these matter privately through pm's or emails.
>
Stop being an overly sensitive, little girl.