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Sunday, March 13, 2005

Be Careful with Your Content--And Your Web Host!

As domain owners, we want to provide quality content for people who stop by our sites. We want visitors to like our sites and to come back as often as possible. But we've always got to remember to be careful about the content we offer to others.

Yesterday, "BuLLDoG," a NamePros regular, got an email from his web host informing him that the FBI and Scotland Yard are investigating BuLLDoG for copyright violations; BuLLDoG's website provided visitors with ring tones and song lyrics for free. The Web Host in question--AventureHost--has taken down BuLLDoG's website and they want to levy a $1500 fine for violating their terms of service!

Now, before you make summary judgments in this case, you need to know more about AventureHost. A section of the email they sent to BuLLDoG read:

"The URL(S) stated above is in violation by way of using a trademarked name and pictures to fraudulently gain logins and passwords to accounts"
BuLLDoG wasn't trying to "gain logins and passwords to accounts!" Furthermore, he was never contacted by the FBI or Scotland Yard about any trademark or copyright violations.

So it seems that AventureHost is the real villain of this tale. They used the free content being offered by BuLLDoG as an excuse to try and extort $1,500 from him.

I've had to deal with some pretty shady web hosts in the past but nothing as bad as this! Click here to visit the forum and read more about this saga.

If you've had any experience with AventureHost, post a comment here. If they are as bad as BuLLDoG's story indicates, then we'll have to initiate a major boycott.

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8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, nice entry here thanks for posting it. Well also users might be intrested in knowing a little bit more about AventureHost. Trying doing a search for them on WHT or even google, enough negitive information returns. I'll keep you informed as this incident passes (hopefully)

Regards,
BuLLDoG

Monday, March 14, 2005 2:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have a very dim view of Aventure Media.

I had 3 servers with them, then I started recieving email failures from addresses I had not emailed.
I notifed AV. They ignored me.

January.

Email from AV, my accounts (all three of them) are terminated, and I am to pay a fine of over $2000 for ISP centre fines and administration legal charges.
I say I didn't send the emails, and ask for proof.
They threaten me with legal action and Jack Russell debt recovery agency.

I contact trading standards.
I don't heard from AV since.

Assholes trying to scam their customers...... ?

- Sly-D

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:33:00 PM  
Blogger Steve Brown said...

> trying to scam
> their customers...

OK, Sly, thanks for posting. We need to get the word out about Aventure so that no one else gets scammed.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:05:00 AM  
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:06:00 AM  
Blogger Steve Brown said...

> trying to scam
> their customers...

OK, Sly, thanks for posting. We need to get the word out about Aventure so that no one else gets scammed.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:06:00 AM  
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