legal matter - please help

date posted 29th January 2001 21:37

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I have a legal matter that I wouldbe glad if you could help me with.

My website is a database of artists and designers, a third party =
individual sent unsolicited mail to a large number of people on the =
site, asking whether they were interested in working on pornographic =
titles, for no money upfront but a 10 percent cut on potential =
memberships. I like most people ignored it, but I came across an article =
on another site claimimg this was a scam ( which I suppose to any normal =
person - it does sound like a scam )

I responded by mailing around 40 members from the site saying I heard it =
was probably a con, but stressed not to take my word for it.

Somehow he has got hold of this mail and has demanded an apology - I did =
so to all the members of the site, but made it clear why I had done so =
to maintain the integrity of the site ( and also I workwith some of the =
artists ) and I did not want third party spam mails to reflect badly on =
me

He has got hold of all the mail relating to this subject and says that I =
have not apologised and have only continued to imply that his company =
and proposistions are dodgy. He claims to have got his solicitors =
involved and he is taking steps to close my site down.

Where do I stand. I have never made any personal attack on his company, =
I have only passed on information that I thought was pretty convincing =
and was trying to act on behalf of my members. It is true to say that I =
was a little cheeky in calling him a pornographer in subsequent mails, =
but that is only after he had frankly been harrasing me to make further =
apologies.

Does it make a difference that he initiated the whole process by sending =
unsolicited mails?

I know that the whole legal aspect is probably rubbish - but I am only =
recently venturing into the employed world and starting off in =
multimedia and such, and am concerned taht I can be held personably =
responsible

jd

please contact me on [EMAIL REMOVED] and I will be happy to supply =
copies of the mails in question if neccesary

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I have a legal matter that I wouldbe =
glad if you=20
could help me with.
 
My website is a database of artists and =
designers,=20
a third party individual sent unsolicited mail to a large number of =
people on=20
the site, asking whether they were interested in working on pornographic =
titles,=20
for no money upfront but a 10 percent cut on potential memberships. I =
like most=20
people ignored it, but I came across an article on another site claimimg =
this=20
was a scam ( which I suppose to any normal person - it does sound like a =
scam=20
)
 
I responded by mailing around 40 =
members from the=20
site saying I heard it was probably a con, but stressed not to take my =
word for=20
it.
 
Somehow he has got hold of this mail =
and has=20
demanded an apology - I did so to all the members of the site, but made =
it clear=20
why I had done so to maintain the integrity of the site ( and also I =
workwith=20
some of the artists ) and I did not want third party spam mails to =
reflect badly=20
on me
 
He has got hold of all the mail =
relating to this=20
subject and says that I have not apologised and have only continued to =
imply=20
that his company and proposistions are dodgy. He claims to have got his=20
solicitors involved and he is taking steps to close my site =
down.
 
Where do I stand. I have never made any =
personal=20
attack on his company, I have only passed on information that I thought =
was=20
pretty convincing and was trying to act on behalf of my members. It is =
true to=20
say that I was a little cheeky in calling him a pornographer in =
subsequent=20
mails, but that is only after he had frankly been harrasing me to make =
further=20
apologies.
 
Does it make a difference that he =
initiated the=20
whole process by sending unsolicited mails?
 
I know that the whole legal aspect is =
probably=20
rubbish - but I am only recently venturing into the employed world and =
starting=20
off in multimedia and such, and am concerned taht I can be held =
personably=20
responsible
 
jd
 
please contact me on