Can you shut down someone else’s blog?

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  clubpenguinsmiles · Member · Jul 28, 2009 at 11:48 pm

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  Someone keeps threatening us that they will shut down our blog, JUST because we have something on our site, and they have one too. Is that even possible?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 29, 2009 at 12:32 am

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  If it is copyrighted by them, then they could file a DMCA violation notice and staff would likely make you remove it. If it isn’t something that they actually created, then they have no rights to it.

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  clubpenguinsmiles · Member · Jul 29, 2009 at 12:41 am

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  Well we made ours on our own (its a tool bar from conduit) and have had it since before their site was even out.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 29, 2009 at 12:43 am

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  You can always hire lawyers and fight it out in court then.

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  tellyworth · Staff · Jul 29, 2009 at 12:48 am

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  Threats and demands to shut down blogs happen all the time.

  Staff set the rules[1]. Staff decide when they have been broken. Staff decide what action to take. No one else.

  Staff are not there to settle arguments between bloggers.

  [1] One of those rules is, it’s your responsibility to make sure your content is legal and doesn’t infringe copyright.