[OSM-legal-talk] Removal of 'unsuitable' content from an OSM-related site

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Dec 2, 2020, 09:49 by nickw4426 at gmail.com:

> I have contacted the company asking them if it was OK to delete their panoramas (as the content is arguably 'inappropritate' for a walking-oriented site) nd they replied to me, in a friendly and cooperative way, saying they would setup their own 'local' OpenTrailView server by November 13th. I since contacted them to confirm whether they had done this (twice) but have not heard back.
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> With this in mind, given it's my own server (well technically I rent the space from a hosting provider, but you know what i mean) and given I've sent several emails to them, will it be OK legally for me to remove their panoramas?
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Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.

As far as I know, you can delete offtopic content from your service.

I routinely delete offtopic content from OSM Telegram channel[1].

Any place on internet allowing submissions must moderate content
or will turn into a garbage dump.

It may be also a good idea to have terms of service reminding that
you can delete anything for any reason whatsoever.

Bonus disclaimer: I can imagine cases where deletions would be 
legally problematic (running into laws about discrimination or
anti-monopoly laws) but I cannot imagine anything applying here.

[1] Typically bitcoin scams spam, but sometimes something
more boderline.

> As I said I am paying for this out of my own money and do not want the storage space to be used for purposes other than panos of walking trails.
>
Delete if you want. Note that giving warning was not necessary,
as far as I know deletion without warning is completely fine.
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