NYCPHP Meetup

[Joseph Crawford]

couldnt i get them for destructing data that doesnt belong to them or
something, i mean i would almost be willing to pay $100 to a lawyer to
send them a letter if it would get me the files, i honestly dont feel
i should have to pay the $20 and i dont know if i am going to stoop to
the level and do it.  However i dont have a local copy of the files
and i do need them.


On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:18:30 -0500, Jeff Wilhelm
<wwwac at summit7solutions.com> wrote:
> Do you have any other sites with them?
> 
> If so, you could threaten to pull them. If the revenue from the other sites
> exceeds $20 they'd be stupid to fight with you.
> 
> Alternatively, you could just pay them for the data (if you really need it;
> you don't have a local copy?) and then never go back to that company.
> 
> I mean, the ball is in their court. They have the data. You want it. You
> have to play by their rules (as dumb as they may be) or else they may --
> OOPS -- drop the tape in the lake.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Joseph
> Crawford Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 2:15 PM To:
> NYPHP Talk Subject: [nycphp-talk] [ OT ] Web Hosting Gone Bad
> 
> > Guys,
> >
> > i had a web host that was a reseller, they went under and
> >  thier servers taken back by the company who sold them
> > the space, there was no warning for this happening at
> > all.  now the new company wants to charge me $20 to get
> > my files back....  is this even legal to do? all files on
> > my account were written by me therefore they are my
> > property. I mean this sounds to me the equivilence to
> > walking into thier datacenter taking one of thier servers
> > then saying hah you want it you have to pay me to get it
> > back.
> >
> > what steps should i take in this situation?  I have
> > contacted support and they continue to say they are going
> > to charge me now way around it, because thier tech has to
> > run a tar command and email me the files, which on a
> > properly setup linux box could probably all be done on
> > one line.
> 
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