Hi, I received an abusive mail yesterday regarding an individual who claimed that I had copy their blog on used the copy on mine. Firstly let me point off that I do not bother with this wesite or blog as I am working on other projects. Anyway on checking this persons claims they were right in that their content was present on my blog and placed by admin. So checking the user menu I noted that some guy was on the the account as admin (evidently he had hacked into my site. Now I do find it very strange that all content ( personally I think that it is trash and I would never put such russbish on my site ) goes back to 2007. Now my question is - as the contect was placed on my site - what are the legal ramifications? Currently my website has been taken down by Dreamhost after receiving a notification from DMCA Any advice appreciated from qualified individuals. Rgds - JB
Legally, i would say you tell your host to backlog any unauthorised IP's that logged into the url of your admin page between that period of time. Then they can trace the IP and find whos resposible regarding the hacking. They can then take action against the individual concerned. Thats what I do with my hosting company anyway! Kind Regards George