RT publisher takes message board action. (Scrap Industry News).GIE gie v. Scots Variant of give. Media Inc., parent company of Recycling Today Media Group, has taken legal action to ensure the integrity of message boards associated with its Web sites. The action was in response to activities on the www.pctonline.com message boards affiliated with Pest Control pest control n → control m de plagas pest control n → lutte f contre les nuisibles pest control pest n Technology (PCT (Private Communications Technology) A protocol from Microsoft that provides secure transactions over the Web. See security protocol. ) magazine, a GIE publication. A visitor to the pctonline.com message boards who had been repeatedly violating the "terms of use Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of an intellectual property or service to govern how they may be legally used. In many cases, terms of service are used as a contractual agreement between a company and users of a service they provide. " policy by posting defamatory, abusive, harassing and racially-charged messages also used false e-mail addresses to regain forum access. After ignoring several written warnings, the individual was named as a defendant in a U.S. District Court case, on the grounds that his involvement was cutting visitor traffic to and potential revenues derived from the Web site. The defendant settled the case, agreeing to permanently refrain from accessing the message boards or harassing employees of GIE Media Inc. "Although taking legal action may seem extreme, GIE Media is steadfast in its belief that all of our message board users, as well as our employees, be protected from Internet harassment and personal attacks," says J. Richard Foster Richard Foster may be:
Recycling Today Media Group publishes Recycling Today and C&D Recycler magazines, the Paper Recycling Markets Directory and the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Scrap Metals Directory and operates www.RecyclingToday.com and www.cdrecycler.com. GIE's conference division operates the Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show, taking place June 22-24, 2003 in Chicago and--beginning in 2004--the C&D World Expo held in coordination with the Construction Materials Recycling Association. |
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