Posted by turbogek
Here is all of the information I have. I have been holding off because I was hoping for an official statement by the site owner - he never responded to me - and also because I wanted scanlover's blessing on revealing this information as it has risks for SLF. He has given it to me.
Background Info:
1. For those of you won't didn't know, JAVtalk was owned by the owner of AsianScreens.com
2. Rumor has it that AsianScreens' business was suffering due to the economic downturn.
3. Also, there was a rumor about AsianScreens having to address some copyright issues related to their business.
4. There was a paid admin who had run the site.
5. The site owner hadn't really used the site in 2 years or did anything but pay the bills.
6. The ads/donations were to help pay the bills.
What Happened:
1. A copyright infringement notice was sent. I'm not sure to the paid admin or to the ISP. Also, I'm not sure what content it was regarding though I'm trying to find out to tell scanlover.
2. He took the board down and resigned because he said he was unaware of having any US copyright material on the board.
3. It appears a week later the machine the board was on was wiped and the DNS entries removed.
4. The owner has never replied to emails nor made a public statement via AsianScreens.
I believe JAVtalk is dead forever unless there is an ownership change. The site owner was paying out of pocket for something he no longer used except for some modest referral traffic to AsianScreens and probably doesn't want to deal with the legal issues. Now if someone wants to try to contact him and try to buy/take over the domain to do something with it, you can try.
Final note to all (both JT and SLF users). Assume JAVtalk is dead. Please drop all the board comparsions. Also, please drop whatever issue you had at JAVtalk. Treat SLF as a clean slate.
Source:http://forum.scanlover.com/showthread.php?t=35047&page=11
