Silicon Investor Subpoena Policy

Silicon Investor ("SI") will release user account information that may be sufficient to identify the member only to comply with a valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order. If you are seeking such identity or account information in connection with a civil legal matter you must serve SI with a valid subpoena.

Service for all properly issued subpoenas should be made upon our registered agent:

Robert Zumbrunnen
TZ Holdings LLC
100 West Main Street
Freeman, MO 64746

Subpoenas for member account information must be issued by or domesticated through a court holding jurisdiction over SI. We accept service from the United States District Courts for Missouri. For applicable requirements governing the issuance of foreign state subpoenas or federal subpoenas in these jurisdictions, please refer to http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/.

SI will release user account information that may be sufficient to identify the SI member only when the party seeking the information has filed a bona fide legal action that implicates the SI member in some legal impropriety or wrongdoing or can show that the information requested is material to the underlying case. In other words, we don't produce on subpoenas engaged in "fishing expeditions". Persons seeking user account information must provide SI with a copy of the complaint and supporting documentation to indicate how the SI account holder is related to the pending litigation. SI will determine at its sole discretion the applicability of this policy to any particular subpoena. This policy does not create any enforceable legal rights, either for SIliconInvestor.com members or for requesting parties.

Upon receipt of a subpoena and initial review of its legal sufficiency, SI will attempt to notify the member(s) whose account information is being sought. Any subpoena must allow a minimum of twenty (20) days in order to allow named members the opportunity to move to quash the subpoena.

Cost Reimbursement

To defer the cost to SI of compliance, payment of the following minimum fees is required for all subpoena, court order and warrant requests, except for child pornography or endangerment investigations. An estimate of fees will be provided prior to commencement of production. SI reserves the right to require payment in advance of preparation of production materials.

Additional Information

Questions regarding subpoenas should be directed to bobz@talkzilla.com or our registered agent as shown above.

Information regarding threats of litigation against SI

SI welcomes and encourages constructive input from our user community, however; we do not welcome disruptive or non-constructive communications, or attacks on SI itself or our staff. Members who find themselves unable to refrain from attacking SI and/or its staff, including but not limited to 1) threats of reporting us to [insert list of the usual "name dropped" agencies here], 2) threats of litigation, 3) promises of ensuring our demise, 4) accusations of criminality, conspiracy, or any other alleged violation of law, or 5) vulgar or abusive PMs should avail themselves of their prerogative to cease using the site immediately as we have no interest in hearing it. Those unwilling or unable to respect these guidelines will be asked to refrain and, failing that, will be shown to the exit.

Before making unenlightened threats of litigation, please be advised as follows:

SI does not screen user posted content, nor do we determine veracity of such content for the very simple reason that we are not in a position to do so. Assertions that certain posts are libelous, defamatory or fraudulent are matters of opinion. In order for such characterizations to be used as the basis for removal of user posted content we typically require a ruling from a court of competent jurisdiction finding them to be such.

Should you choose to seek injunctive or other relief please be reminded that any such action should be brought against individual poster(s). Under the provisions of United States federal statute 47 USC 230, no cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed on message board operators for third party content. Please be advised that should any such action be brought against TZ Holdings LLC, we can and will file a motion for reimbursement of resulting legal expenses and such additional sanctions as the court may allow.

In the event that you wish to seek remedy from the individual poster(s), we require a valid subpoena as described above prior to releasing user registration and account information. If a qualifying subpoena is issued, please allow sufficient time for us to attempt to notify the account holder(s) so they will have an opportunity to seek a quash from the court, should they choose to do so.