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Tommie

 Rep: 67 

Re: update on MSL's site

Tommie wrote:

From: mister saint laurent [mailto:mister@mistersaintlaurent.com]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:44 PM
To: Chad Hart
Subject: Re: wow

management contacted google complaining my site encouraged illegal activity.
all of my google money was seized and i wound up with nothing. feel free to
let people know about that as you're the first i've told.

"Google Money"?  What exactly is that?

Aussie

 Rep: 287 

Re: update on MSL's site

Aussie wrote:

^ I would say all the money from hosting the google adds on his site.

James

 Rep: 664 

Re: update on MSL's site

James wrote:

From: mister saint laurent [mailto:mister@mistersaintlaurent.com]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:44 PM
To: Chad Hart
Subject: Re: wow

management contacted google complaining my site encouraged illegal activity.
all of my google money was seized and i wound up with nothing. feel free to
let people know about that as you're the first i've told.

"Google Money"?  What exactly is that?

Money he receives from Google ads I assume. How were they seized?

Aussie

 Rep: 287 

Re: update on MSL's site

Aussie wrote:

Yeah I can't see how they can sieze it.  Surely they can simply shut the site down that's it.  Otherwise whenever someone complained about a site - google could just claw back the advertising revenue from it - I think not

Axlin16

 Rep: 768 

Re: update on MSL's site

Axlin16 wrote:

If that's true... pathetic.

Glad to see managment is hard at work - TRYING TO RELEASE THE ALBUM.

Oh wait, they're earning their keep by shutting down some nobody's website.

Nothin' but a fuckin' pussy...

Aussie

 Rep: 287 

Re: update on MSL's site

Aussie wrote:

Yeah I did think it was pretty lame too.  It's actually very sad what levels the GNR camp sinks to these days.

Bright Eyes 2005

 Rep: 27 

Re: update on MSL's site

Bright Eyes 2005 wrote:

From: mister saint laurent [mailto:mister@mistersaintlaurent.com]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:44 PM
To: Chad Hart
Subject: Re: wow

management contacted google complaining my site encouraged illegal activity.
all of my google money was seized and i wound up with nothing. feel free to
let people know about that as you're the first i've told.

This doesn't pass the smell test--they maybe would stop allowing ads to be placed on a site promoting illegal activity, but could not retroactively seize funds based upon a simple allegation.  Did his website ever have google ads on it?  Does anyone have a link to his site?

Aussie

 Rep: 287 

Re: update on MSL's site

Aussie wrote:

His site is taken down - it did have google adds on it.  The link that used to take you to his site changed and redirected you to his new youtube account.  That was there for about 2 weeks (with nothing GNR related on it), then it simply linked to an email exchange he had with a GNR fan.  Now it links to some info about his recent wrestling match.

www.mistersaintlaurent.com

Gagarin

 Rep: 50 

Re: update on MSL's site

Gagarin wrote:

Guys - here's how it works:

Google Ads doesn't just DUMP money into your bank account. It's paid out at certain increments - sometimes QUARTERS. If there's a complaint that construes a violation of the Google Ad TOS, they'll NOT pay out the money you accrued.

There were no funds retroactively taken - but the money wasn't paid out. That's how it works.

It 'smells' fine from that standpoint.

Tommie

 Rep: 67 

Re: update on MSL's site

Tommie wrote:

Heres something weird with his site...I just recently downloaded an add on called flagfox for firefox.  What it does is, when you view a page it displays a flag in the address bar telling you where that pages server is located.  If you click on the flag it pulls up a google earth style map with the address of the server pinpointed.  Ours is located in the UK, most others I visit are somewhere in the U.S.  Now I just went to MSL's site and his server is in China.  Specifically Hong Kong.