Here's the scoop:
I need a new lawyer to handle a new case against a vB forum that has been directly violating my privacy rights. It seems like a cross between a privacy violation and an intellectual property violation. Anyway, I registered at said forum and was banned there for not being of appropriate age to attend. I no longer wish for this forum to hold my personal information at all, let alone having them hold it publicly. I contacted the administrator of said forum and politely requested that he removed my personal information (not my posts - just my username (I wanted it changed), email address, etc). The administrator is living proof of the fact that maturity does not come with age. Instead of removing the information, as he is legally obligated to do, he is leaving it up as an immature/illegal form of revenge. I even offered to pay the administrator to remove my account details - something I should not have done seeing how easy it is to remove them, and that it should (and must) simply be done free.
The admin there does not take me at all seriously, so it should be quite a surprise to slap a lawsuit in his mailbox.
I talked to the law teacher at my school and it appears that, depending on the lawyer I get, I can get between $300 and $2,500 (Why such a huge range?) for every item in violation (ie. $300-$2,500 for username, another $300-$2,500 for password hash, $300-$2,500 for email address, etc etc), as well as between $80 and $1,100 for every post that contains information.
So I need lawyer recommendations. I contacted the lawyer who I already have for handling UtopiaSoft copyright claims, but he only handles copyright claims. :/ I want a cheap one, but one who's relatively good. Here's what I would like, if possible:
-Preferably no more than $130/hour worked
-One good enough to get somewhere in the higher range of the damage charges (closer to $2,500)
-One who, obviously, handles Internet cases
Edit: I just read the vBulletin license agreement, which states that vBulletin must not be used for anything like intellectual property violations (the property being my personal information).. Does this mean the forum could also lose it's vB license?
I need a new lawyer to handle a new case against a vB forum that has been directly violating my privacy rights. It seems like a cross between a privacy violation and an intellectual property violation. Anyway, I registered at said forum and was banned there for not being of appropriate age to attend. I no longer wish for this forum to hold my personal information at all, let alone having them hold it publicly. I contacted the administrator of said forum and politely requested that he removed my personal information (not my posts - just my username (I wanted it changed), email address, etc). The administrator is living proof of the fact that maturity does not come with age. Instead of removing the information, as he is legally obligated to do, he is leaving it up as an immature/illegal form of revenge. I even offered to pay the administrator to remove my account details - something I should not have done seeing how easy it is to remove them, and that it should (and must) simply be done free.
The admin there does not take me at all seriously, so it should be quite a surprise to slap a lawsuit in his mailbox.
I talked to the law teacher at my school and it appears that, depending on the lawyer I get, I can get between $300 and $2,500 (Why such a huge range?) for every item in violation (ie. $300-$2,500 for username, another $300-$2,500 for password hash, $300-$2,500 for email address, etc etc), as well as between $80 and $1,100 for every post that contains information.
So I need lawyer recommendations. I contacted the lawyer who I already have for handling UtopiaSoft copyright claims, but he only handles copyright claims. :/ I want a cheap one, but one who's relatively good. Here's what I would like, if possible:
-Preferably no more than $130/hour worked
-One good enough to get somewhere in the higher range of the damage charges (closer to $2,500)
-One who, obviously, handles Internet cases
Edit: I just read the vBulletin license agreement, which states that vBulletin must not be used for anything like intellectual property violations (the property being my personal information).. Does this mean the forum could also lose it's vB license?
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