>The abuser in question has asked me to remove all his posts from the
>archive. He says that he is subject to blackmail by people allegedly writing
>to his employers. He also argues (correctly) that he never gave me
>permission to archive his messages.
Well, I'd read it this way. Your archive completely duplicates the posted
material. That violates fair use provisions of copyright law - meaning
that the abuser still maintains the rights to his postings. If he doesn't
want you to keep them public, I'd imagine he's within his rights to do so.
Since this is such a new area of law, I don't know if this is actual legal
policy, or just theory. Before he emails your administrator, talk to him
about it.
T
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