hey, do moderators answer our questions here?

That means you want macer, right?  Or is he an undercover hasbeen?

I'm not sure, maybe both...

Boy, @Brenda had the brilliant opportunity to be Spock, in the episode, "Logic", and answer "no". What a missed opportunity.

well this took off

This is why Off-Topic, and Open Discussion does not work, and people continue to post stuff they know they shouldn't in the main forums.  The "Look at me" factor is much higher here.  If you want to stand out, you don't do it by hanging out with others just like you. 

Fixed it for ya 

Yes.

LOL,well said MGleason!

What is the proper way to report a post that includes a link to illegally download copyrighted material?

I submitted a help ticket for it but that was Monday morning - it is now Thursday morning. I even asked in the help ticket if there was a better way to report it. No response at all yet and the link is still there.

Apparently chess.com no longer cares about posting of illegal stuff in their forums. Good to know. Maybe I should start posting the copyrighted material I find here all over the internet.

Here's the link: https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/emails/new

Also, several moderators are tracking this thread, so you could put a link in here: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/if-you-are-missing-your-thread.

BTW, I personally removed a bunch of links to pirated copyright material the other day.  We can't be everywhere on the site, but we can deal with things as we find them or they're reported to us.

Also, illegal copyright material is one of the few instances in which staff will interfere in private club matters.   Usually that's left to the club admins, but not if it's illegal content or extreme cases of harassment or abuse.

Yup, that is the way I reported it. Like I said, reported Monday morning, have not been contacted since then (like the auto-reply email suggested, 24-48 hours) and nothing has been done about it. 

"We can't be everywhere on the site, but we can deal with things as we find them or they're reported to us."

I understand, that is why I report it as I find it. It would be different if I just saw it and then complained it does not get removed. 

Hi IMBacon, so there are moderators on here but are there any mediators? 

Officially...No.  But i'm sure anyone could "mediate"something between others if they so wished.

I heard of this "pirated copyrighted material" but since it's the EU not America why are you removing American's posts?

Is it still there?

Chess.com is based in the U.S., so anything copyright in the U.S. and shared without permission of the copyright holder would need removed.

There are some differences in copyright laws in different countries, so there are some things that are public domain in the U.S. but under copyright elsewhere; those might be allowed to stand, but since chess.com doesn't currently have a way to restrict access to specific posts to certain countries they might end up being removed too.  But that's a rare situation that won't happen very often, if ever.

There is a club that was set up for the purpose: https://www.chess.com/club/mediation-and-arbitration

They've handled one or two disputes and were able to calm things down satisfactorily, as far as I know.

Very cool...had no idea.

Pretty exclusive group.

That gives me an idea to start a chess.com "Peoples Court"  Except with a Supreme Court type setup. 

People can bring their cases to us.