• Networking: The investigation is still on the way, we've switched to backup telecom carriers since the episode but we're still working in settling everything as it must be. We'll add more updates as we have them available. Incoming and outgoing emails will be restricted, and user registration has been disabled until the issue is resolved.

I might be getting sued..

Not a laughing matter if you ask me.. Just because Josh stole some images and hosted serverfiles.. Might mean RageZone is next..

Saddens me to see stuff like this happens, I mean, come on, the only ones playing private servers are those without money to play official anyway, so its not like they'd loose any revenue over this..
 
actually i already got a message from them, just aint had time to reply.. they want habbo to be removed.
 
Wasn't there some court decission a while ago that stated that forum owners are not responsible for the messages their users posted? I'm quite sure of it.. Though that might have been just in the Netherlands..

Anyway, as long as there are no habbo files on the RZ server you're cool, right? :eh:
 
Wasn't there some court decission a while ago that stated that forum owners are not responsible for the messages their users posted?

Well thats true ya but since the forum owner can control the user posted messages, after the copyright holder's request, he must remove the illegal files.

Not sure, it's something like this.
 
technically people who advertise copyrighted material are just as liable to being sued as the people who infringe the copyright, but i think it defines what you mean by advertise, as no money has changed hands so i dunno.
 
I used to ages ago some pathetic reason play Habbo not long ago, Was Rich too...

Anyhow, they are going to Sue you? Ignore then, MentaL does it, Works like a charm (Im Serious)
 
Wasn't there some court decission a while ago that stated that forum owners are not responsible for the messages their users posted?
Actually, it's American. It's a standard disclaimer you can use:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act

@MentaL: Don't worry about it. Add a few disclaimers, e.g.

"We do not endorse contents submitted by our users. We are not affiliated with any 3rd party trademark material in any way. RaGEZONE directs full legal responsibility of contents to their respective owners/users. RaGEZONE is not responsible for the contents of any uploaded files,images, and other web contents, nor is it affiliated with entities represented in the uploaded files"

...and to think I was just getting into the Habbo protocol... looks like it's time for some mass-downloading and archiving :smile:
 
Hopefully nothing serious will happen. Go underground or something mate, hope it turns out alright for you.
 
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