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I agree it depends on the wording but this particular website: http://court-records-management.com/ http://court-records-management.com/ (just realized I forgot
by duked 13y ago
I agree it depends on the wording but this particular website: http://court-records-management.com/ http://court-records-management.com/ (just realized I forgot the add the link) the wording is clear you pay to remove a particular court record:
"Remove Record XXXXXXXX from the court-record-management.com website. The court record and all information pertaining to the case will be removed from court-record-management.com within 24 hours of payment clearing. See our Terms for our return policy and conditions. Court Record Management reserves the right to refuse a removal request. If this occurs, they payment will be refunded within 24 hours."
I didn't realize someone was already taking legal action against such website but it's an interesting grey area of the law.
- lutusp 13y agoOkay, to me that's extortion, and I think it's only waiting for someone to take the necessary legal steps. It's true that the records are public, and the First Amendment needs to be honored, but an explicit payment demand turns it into extortion regardless of the status of the material. Old-fashioned pre-Internet blackmail is a crime, even though the information the blackmailer threatens to expose is usually true. In my view, this is an Internet version of blackmail, and it's only waiting for the authorities to apply existing laws to it.