Account suspended due to XP gigabook not being free.

[mrdimpy]

Hi my account has been suspended for having a copy of a book xp gigabook on there.
I would remove it but I cant and the suspension email said to contact you.
Can you help please.

Many thanks

Steve

 

[calistoy]

Uploading that book meant that you were hosting copyrighted material that didn't belong to you. This is very clearly forbidden as outline in the TOS you agreed to when you signed up for a hosting account and against US copyright law. Your account is permanently suspended.

 

[mrdimpy]

So does that mean thats the end of it?
No more site dont come back?

Steve

 

[calistoy]

It is indeed the end of it. Your account will be pending termination, and until then, it's permanently suspended and no access to it is allowed.

 

[mrdimpy]

Could someone not have warned me first. This seem a bit extreem.

 

[calistoy]

You were warned when you signed up for an account and agreed to the terms of service. You should have read them.

 

[mrdimpy]

So there realy is nothing that can be done about the situation?

 

[calistoy]

Nope, there's nothing else to be done about it.

 

[Livewire]

Just backing calistoy up here.

The TOS is your warning - just like when you sign an agreement to a credit card that says "We will charge you a late fee if payments aren't made by the payment due date," they don't send warnings to tell you that you're close to being overdue (or at least none of my 6 do), you agreed to the TOS that said we don't allow content in violation of any federal, state, or local laws. You didn't have the redistribution rights to the XP Gigabook, thus you were in violation of all 3 since it's against federal laws to redistribute content that isn't yours, and same with state/local (it constitutes transmission of stolen property).