Have you actually read our Terms of Use?The very first one is "instructional
information about illegal activities". The first bullet in the next section
of prohibitions is "posting or providing links to any content which violates
our Terms of Use".

You may also want to note the following passages:

"ezboard reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary with
respect to your ezboard or user account if we have reason to believe it may
cause us to lose the services of our ISP or suppliers."

"ezboard reserves the right to release current or past member information in
the event ezboard believes that the membership is being or has been used in
violation of the Terms of Use or to commit unlawful acts, or if the
information is subpoenaed. By agreeing to the conditions of these Terms of
Use, you hereby consent to disclosure of any record or communication to any
third party when ezboard, in its sole discretion, determines the disclosure
to be appropriate."

That last passage might be particularly important to you and your users,
considering we are legally compelled to notify our F.B.I. contact, who
notifies U.S. Customs, whenever we shut down an "anabolic" board. Better
than just telling them and not shutting down the board, right? We'd hate
for your users to have an inordinate number of "gear" shipments intercepted
(note sarcasm).

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Mike H.

Hello,
Thank you for your patience. I want to assure you that ezboard is committed
to providing the best online community service possible. We value our users
highly and I want to assure you that there is a good chance that we will be
able to restore your ezboard account.

What may complicate this matter is the fact that we have received several
complaints that the bxmansboard (Anabolic Discussion Board) was being used
to sell and/or distribute controlled substances. Some of these complaints
were filed by a concerned parent of a minor, who had allegedly obtained
steroids through your board. The discussion of supplements, steroids,
cycles, etc... does not violate ezboard's Terms of Use. The distribution of
controlled substances however, not only violates our Terms of Use, it is
against Federal law. Currently there is nothing to incriminate you on your
temporary board. If you elect to have your ezboard restored form backup and
we find evidence of any illegal activity (including the listing of contacts
or "sources"), we will be required by law to notify the FBI and possibly US
Customs. If you are confident that there is no illegal content, just let
me know and I will put in the request to have your board restored from
backup. Otherwise I suggest that you just continue to re-develop your
board, making sure its content does not violate ezboard's Terms of Use or
Federal law.

Feel free to email me with any questions that you may have. I apologize for
the inconvenience this has caused you.
Sincerely,

James Kerr
Product Support
ezboard, Inc.

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James,

Thank you for returning my call with this email.
I would like to address this issue that was raised about the sale of
steroids on this board.
The accusations are totally without merit. The accusations were contrived
and are totally untrue. There are no posts selling anything even remotely connected
with steroids or there use on
that board and I defy anyone to point out even one such post. In fact there
isn't a single post selling any substance legal or otherwise.

I understand your concern and I sympathize with you having to decide these
matters. I can only prove my point if you put up the board again and review
it's content. None of which could have been altered since last Saturday
Night when it was deleted. I would very much like to have this board restored
as we have had people from around the world contribute to it and it's loss
would be felt by many.

Thank you for your consideration

Larry

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Larry,
I will forward your email to our Legal Team. They will review it and put
your request under consideration. Thank you for your patience regarding
this matter.
Sincerely,
James Kerr
Product Support
ezboard, Inc.
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James,

I appreciate your quick response but I admit I am puzzled by your response.
You have all the posts. You can read them and determine their content. I
know their content, I monitor that content daily and I have no doubt that
what I have told you is true. If there are no posts on that board that
involve the trafficking of drugs then why would the legal team have to
review anything. Lawyers are paid to say no. It is much easier to just say
no than review the content or make any judgments as to the content. Lawyers
are also notorious for taking weeks to decide what everyone else knows in a
few hours. Please just read the content.
There is urgency to this matter because some of the posts are diaries of
people's daily activity and experiences. We need to see their progression on
a daily basis. We have now missed 4 days and from what you are saying this
could drag on for weeks. We need to move our people somewhere else if there
is going to be any foot dragging on the part of your legal team. If we are
forced to abandon our web address and relocate our people to another site it
may cause us to incur undue costs and result in a loss more of valuable
information. This is not a chat board.
Again I thank you for your consideration.

Larry

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"That Which Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger"