24 replies to this topic

[RUSTY420]

Oh how I missed you so

[troutddicted]

Nice to have everyone back

[fishernick]

looks like someone didnt pay their bills, lol

this site is like crack, gotta get on and see who's caught what and where and gets you excited for your next time out.

[CJR]

[FishingNoob]

I almost died.

[Ivor]

IT's ALIVE!!!

[openfire]

Sorry guys, I've been working all day with the hosting company who will remain unnamed Godaddy to get the forum back online.

What happened was that Godaddy received a copyright complaint from another website, due to one snippet of text that a forum member had copied and pasted into a post back in 2010. (a bait caster factoid)

Without any questions asked, and with no warning or opportunity afforded me to remove the offending content, Godaddy took the site down.

As this is a discussion forum where anyone can register and post any content they wish (and members often post snippets from elsewhere on the net as reference), having a host that will act first without prior warning will be problematic going forward. I will therefore be looking into moving to a new host that offers faster, more reliable hosting, and also a host that will have the courtesy of allowing me to remove any offensive content prior to shutting down the site in the event that any future copyright claims are made.

I apologize for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience and understanding.

openfire

[FISHCHRIS]

come home from some afternoon bassin, then go to get on the off site no service what.let out a wtf and do a few things try again it's back

[SmackUm]

Hallelujah!

[ChaseChrome]

Rather draconian seems to me...good hunting Open, and good decision to find more amenable hosting elsewhere.
Never have cared much for police states and marshal law (did the G20 thing...)
cc

[grubman]

OMG I went into a panic and started to shake.........it was terrible...... Last time I felt this bad was when I hurt my casting arm and couldn't cast for a week.........lol.

[Ivor]

Open, here's a consideration for web hosting: http://www.hostpapa.ca/

[grubman]

Sorry guys, I've been working all day with the hosting company who will remain unnamed Godaddy to get the forum back online.

What happened was that Godaddy received a copyright complaint from another website, due to one snippet of text that a forum member had copied and pasted into a post back in 2010. (a bait caster factoid)

I'm glad it's resolved. But what can and cannot do is still not really clear to me. Is everything said in a forum copyrighted? No one can copy and paste into another forum and vise versa?

[GoodenTight]

i panicked as well haha. glad to be back on here

[grubman]

i panicked as well haha. glad to be back on here

Well my Avast anti-virus pop-up said OFF was a malicious malware redirect. I thought someone hacked into our beloved site and wiped or corrupted everything here.

[NADO]

Sorry guys, I've been working all day with the hosting company who will remain unnamed Godaddy to get the forum back online.

What happened was that Godaddy received a copyright complaint from another website, due to one snippet of text that a forum member had copied and pasted into a post back in 2010. (a bait caster factoid)

Without any questions asked, and with no warning or opportunity afforded me to remove the offending content, Godaddy took the site down.

As this is a discussion forum where anyone can register and post any content they wish (and members often post snippets from elsewhere on the net as reference), having a host that will act first without prior warning will be problematic going forward. I will therefore be looking into moving to a new host that offers faster, more reliable hosting, and also a host that will have the courtesy of allowing me to remove any offensive content prior to shutting down the site in the event that any future copyright claims are made.

I apologize for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience and understanding.

openfire

Thats pure bollocks, Godaddy just got too big I guess. Its easier for them to just shut down rather than to take the time to contact you.

[Odoyle]

It just doesnt seem right tho .......

a 2010 post is only causing issues NOW ????

meh .... Onto bigger n better Servers

[ALN]

Oo my safe haven

[Rainbow]

It feels a lot faster now.

[FishingNoob]

It feels a lot faster now.

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