# Why was Seven banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610 "2009-07-28T22:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 342
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/342 "2009-07-29T19:51:57Z")
> [@Rolken](#): > > > [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > > > The mods do not (and cannot) police private messages or emails. We couldn’t read your PMs even if we wanted to. > > This seems like a copout. Surely as administrator and representative of the board, Tuba should police _herself_ in her PMs for the purpose of maintaining good relations between the leadership and membership. In what way is it a copout? I was not discussing \*\*TubaDiva \*\*or her PM. I neither condemned nor defended her or what she said. The question was why she didn’t get warned/admonished/whatever for her PM, and I said we don’t police _anybody_’s PMs. > [@SmartAleq](#): > > > [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > > > It is against the rules to post private correspondence from anybody without their permission. > > Link to the rule, please? > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Wait, when was this rule published or posted? I never saw it or heard of it before. > > It is usually the polite and proper thing to do, but an actual rule? This is not a standalone message board. It is owned and operated by a newspaper chain. When I became a mod, I was asked to be very careful about copyright issues, and err on the side of caution. As far as I know (not being a lawyer myself), the copyright status of private letters and emails is still questionable, and the [rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7696968&postcount=3) do say not to post copyrighted material, and I have tried to be consistent about telling people not to post any private correspondence without the author’s permission. From that same rule thread: > [@FAQ - Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faq-rules-for-posting-at-the-straight-dope-message-boards/369395/7): > > At the SDMB we take copyright violations seriously and this is an issue close to the heart for the owners of the SDMB (the Chicago Reader). All of that said, I may not be up-to-date on this. Let me check with the admins and make sure I’m correct before continuing to discuss it. > [@wring](#): > > Bullshit. Or at least it’s never been enforced before - there’s been any number of threads where folks post all or part of emails they’ve gotten from wide variety of folks. I’m trying to be polite and helpful, **wring**. Mind returning the favor? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610)._