>That is why I don't understand Michel's interest in starting a new rule that you cannot forward message content to banned members. I've seen UT messages referenced or cut/paste into other forums before. I would think he would want that to continue to promote new business and boost the image of the UT. Once something is in the public arena, it is available to all. I would think (and I'm not a lawyer) that he could only legally prevent a banned member from accessing the site themselves and posting content.
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IANAL!
But I think here your statements would work only for pure manual copy/forward a single post.
But think of automating IE or RSS-feeds: such usage might be already forbidden under german or EU law.
And I do hope Michel is targeting "bulk forwarding" only.