Re:Sometimes it pays to pay your web designer
by marcc on Friday February 04, 2011 @03:53PM
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If you are providing hosting also, have failed to collect and are writing the debt off, I think it would be MUCH better to disable DNS or the host or something like that, rather than put up a public page like this. I'm a developer, not a lawyer though. If your lawyer tells you it's acceptable to do something like this, then I wish you all the best. Personally, I'd just take the site down and file a lawsuit, even a small claims suit.
Re:Sometimes it pays to pay your web designer
by qeorge on Friday February 04, 2011 @05:28PM
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This is dangerous advice. I'm not a lawyer, but our lawyer has advised us not to turn off web hosting for non-payment of a design bill.
If you provide two services (say, design and hosting) you can't hold one "hostage" for non-payment on the other (that's my understanding at least).
Take it to small claims court, or let it go.
Re:Sometimes it pays to pay your web designer
by trustfundbaby on Friday February 04, 2011 @05:48PM
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No its not ... every business I know ceases to provide you business after a certain number of days of non-payment ... Cable companies turn off your cable, electric companies turn off your light, Your landlord evicts you etc etc.
If you're paying for hosting ... as long as I have your data backed up, I'm pretty sure I can stop hosting your site by removing your dns records from my system
Re:Sometimes it pays to pay your web designer
by saurik on Saturday February 05, 2011 @04:25AM
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The idea is that it would be different if AT&T turned off your AT&T U-verse cable modem for non-payment of your AT&T cell phone plan.
Then the analogy is that your running a shop selling stuff, and then when people come in asking for product x you tell them you won't give them product x because the owners of product x don't pay their bills to you.
It all depends on who owns the hosting. You can't sued for libel if you tell the truth.