Who are you?

This is a great forum, and I am very glad we have it. I just would like to know a bit more about the legal construction or company behind it. On the start page, I could not find anything. This is, by the way, strictly not legal in Germany, but this is not a German site, so it is probably okay. The title suggests that it is "community-run" which is good, but what does it mean? So, who pays the bills and how?

Don't get me wrong. I am not suggesting anything. Just want to suggest that this should be more transparent.

This is the team that does all the hard work:
dprevived.com/users/forum-team/

No company is backing this site (as far as I know) all volunteers
And It's UK based.

Why is this 'strictly not legal in Germany'

Alan
[Forum admin - but with my user account]

Because a web site like this needs a Impressum. This is one address which can be made accountable in any legal conflict, such as copyright violations, hate speech etc. I learned that the hard way by having it pointed out by a lawyer. Probably he was misleading me, because the "Impressum Pflicht" may only apply to commercial site, or sites with ads. My site is also non-commercial, non-profit, not even collecting user data. But this site does naturally because it has to. I think we all agreed by our registration for the forum.

Everythings good.

Here is a link to the relevant text (in German): lxgesetze.de/mstv/17

I’m sure that Bob and the team will publish a Mission and Vision Statement for dprevivied.com in due course.