german-nlite.de shut down

[SIRThomasTMC]

Maybe this is interesting for anybody in here. And maybe some more "german" speaking members will request your help in this forum here.

Greetings

Thomas Mc Kie

[g-force]

Hard to believe, but true.

German-nlite.de was set to "Read-only" by (the last) Admin.

All other Admin & SuperMods (!) have left the Forum disappointed...

Due to our german users and the great effort of nlite (again thx@nuhi) i can´t let go.

We`ll soon be back: german-nlite.org

Greetz, g-force

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Edited by g-force due to avoiding more trouble...

Edited August 10, 2008 by g-force

[Sereby]

not the whole Mod-Team.. i'm the last one alive

[humfri]

Good news. Ahh, that was the domain people where talking about.... It's a shame the forum was set to read-only, paying a little disrespect to the other users who contributed as well. Nichts gegen die Mods, die sind nicht gemeint.

Edited August 10, 2008 by humfri

[AgiHammerklau]

No !

It´s not disrespectful.

It´s simply complying to german laws.

Since the wellknown "heise-verdict", you have to have admins and mods to check the posts.

´cause the boardowner is held responsible for the content.

So with the whole team gone (except sereby), there was no other way, but setting the forum to "read-only".

Agi

Edited August 10, 2008 by AgiHammerklau

[humfri]

Yes Agi, that's right, didn't think of it - there must be someone to moderate the forum all the time.

Edited August 10, 2008 by humfri

[bledd]

why is that?

is it deemed illegal in germany or something?,.,

[humfri]

Under certain circumstances, some courts ruled, that the site owner can be held responsible for things other people write in the sites forum (defamation, libel etc.).

Edited August 10, 2008 by humfri

[AgiHammerklau]

In germany everything is illegal, unless specified otherwise by laws or regulations.

Just kidding !

It´s even worse then humfri stated :

The court in hamburg ruled, that the boardowner is held directly responsible, if sombody posts insults or warez.

The judge said :

Actually the posts have to be checked BEFORE they are published !

The boardowner was sentenced, even though he removed the insulting post the next morning at 10:00 a.m. (it was written about 04:00 a.m.).

That´s why several fora have nightblocks and wordfilters now.

Agi

Eddi T. says :

btw. what happens to the german-nlite-wiki ?

Edited August 10, 2008 by AgiHammerklau

[bledd]

if you guys want, i'll give you a section on my website, i'm with qiq hosting..

http://www.qiq.co.uk/technology1_premium.php

i assume it's got what you need..

[AgiHammerklau]

Thank you a lot !

But it´s not on me to decide and g-force registered the new domain already. (see sig)

Since he is with T-com (as far as I remember), I think, the new forum will be up and running pretty soon.

The only problem will be, to notify the 86713 members about the change.

(btw. the record was about 1300 members online the same time)

Agi

Edited August 10, 2008 by AgiHammerklau

[Monchi]

(btw. the record was about 1300 members online the same time)

I remember, it was 1870 members - in january 2008

[humfri]

I think, the new forum will be up and running pretty soon.

The only problem will be, to notify the 86713 members about the change.

That does sound like, as I assumed before, that the old forum won't be up again soon / ever. Like Thomas the admin said: "Good bye... etc."

[MP420]

I'm sad :/

But i hope we'll see us on the new page : )

[Jobrue]

I´m also very sad!

I have took a look in this forum nearly every day.......

and learned always anything!!

I hope g-force´s new website will be soon online and look forward to meet many of the members

of the old forum!...especially the Mods, who made a fantastic work there!

g-force I wish you all the best!

We´ll see us on german-nlite.org

Jobrue