Deleting information from a "Forum"

[Bivvysenior]

A friend has recently been banned from being a member of a internet based forum for a certain car manufacturer. He was a great contributor to the rest of the forum members in resolving car problems on this specialist site. As he has now been banned he wants all his public threads associated with his knowledgable contributions to be erased. Can he demand for this to be done by the Forum Administrator, or as he posted voluntarily the ownership of his contributions remain with the forum .
Any advice on the legal position?

[jno]

In practice it may be hard to do; Google for instance may well have cached the pages he wants removed. Anyone could have takena copy.

As to whether the forum holds the right to the contributions, is there anything in its Site Rules on the subject?

[ChuckFickens]

Most forums have something like the following in their T&Cs

"If you make any posting or contribution to The AnswerBank you hereby assign by way of future assignment any copyright in your posting to AnswerBank and you also waive any moral right in such posting or contribution."

So check the forums terms and conditions.

[Bivvysenior]

I think it is a bit petty on his part , the deletion of his information would be a significant loss to the members. I will get him to check the forum rules
Many thanks to all for your quick replies

[ojread22]

point him towards the sites T&C's - there will be something in them that tell him, once he has posted it he loses copyright, or very similar, and the site can use it or delete it as they see fit

If he was banned why would he think he even has a right to have his posts removed?