Taking Down a Defamatory Site

[dvduval]

Ok, it seems a law firm has contacted me because one of their clients needs a site taken down. The site in question has the domain name of the client (ex. johnsmith.com) and has written a big page about the client that is not very nice.

Do you suppose I could contact the host or the domain registrar about this?

 

[mwzd]

If you manage the hosting, just change the content.

If you manage the domain, you can just change nameservers.

I'm not very clear about where you are in this...

 

[dvduval]

I am helping the lawyer whose client is trying to take down the site that is slandering him.

 

[mwzd]

In that case report to both.

abuse@registrar and hostingco.

Also send site owner legal notice...just to cover bases.

 

[Dave_Z]

Do you suppose I could contact the host or the domain registrar about this?

You certainly can. It doesn't mean they have to do anything for you without
following their processes for such or sending a court order, though.

 

[MJ]

If you manage the hosting, just change the content.

If you manage the domain, you can just change nameservers.

I'm not very clear about where you are in this...

Fortunantly in some areas of the world there is free speech regardless of nice words or bad words. I hope there is no hosting company that would change nameservers, or a host that would change the content just because a lawyer called you up. If the remarks are slanderous or not, innocent until proven guilty. Unless they are violating terms of agreement, I'd let the two parties hash it out in court.

 

[weblord]

happened to me exactly as well
im the victim but i did inspected his domain whois and using fake information led me to reporting at http://wdprs.internic.net/
otherwise he has his my own name regged as well and still posting bad things about me and is even selling it for U.S.$500 on sedo, sedo can't do anything though

Ok, it seems a law firm has contacted me because one of their clients needs a site taken down. The site in question has the domain name of the client (ex. johnsmith.com) and has written a big page about the client that is not very nice.

Do you suppose I could contact the host or the domain registrar about this?

 

[dvduval]

It seems the site got taken down today, but I see already they seem to be setting up on a new host. Not looking good. I'm not sweating it though. I was just trying to be helpful.

 

[weblord]

it never stopped, playing hard to get? how about bringing it to court?
they just find another hosting provider.

It seems the site got taken down today, but I see already they seem to be setting up on a new host. Not looking good. I'm not sweating it though. I was just trying to be helpful.

 

[Dave_Z]

it never stopped, playing hard to get? how about bringing it to court?
they just find another hosting provider.

Especially if the party in question is in another part of the globe that doesn't
see eye to eye with where the complainant does business in.