The censorship at helium.com is really disgusting 

Here is the content of a couple of the emails they sent regarding their censorship.  Also notice their threat.  I believe that the type of people running helium are deserving of our deepest contempt.
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Hi Steve Winter,

Thank you for submitting your title suggestion Censorship and corruption on Ourstage - Ourstage censors WinterBand - religious discrimination. However, we cannot accept this title on Helium.

This title directly disparages another company and could be considered slander. We do not allow titles like this on Helium and articles that do the same are in direct violation of the User Agreement. Continuing to post articles and titles of this nature may result in the termination of your account.

Thank you for working with us to help Helium rise! We value the wisdom you have to share.

All the best,

Team Helium



 

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Subject: Helium has deleted one of your articles
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Hello Steve Winter,

We’re writing to inform you that we have removed your article written to the title, "The bias of mainstream media." Your article is inserted below.

Your article was deleted because it was off-topic to the title chosen. In addition to your article not being an objective piece that effectively addresses the title, it could be considered slander, which is a User Agreement violation.

Helium is not a publishing platform for personal vendettas against other companies. We're sorry to hear that OurStage may not have given your band a fair shake, but this is not the site to express your personal grievances. We see that you have already done so on your band's website anyway.

If you continue to post articles like this, we will be forced to disable your account. Again, articles like this are in direct violation of the User Agreement.

If you have any questions regarding this message, please forward this email and your concerns to content@helium.com.

Thank you for your understanding.

The Helium Content & Community Team
content@helium.com

http://www.helium.com

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The article we have deleted:
AOL's Ourstage has deleted the WinterBand fan page on behalf of a handful of people who didn't like what we teach and filed frivolous "complaints". I trust that AOL could be considered "main stream meda" so I believe that this information is relevant

Keep in mind that AOL's Ourstage allows Satanic bands with blasphemous material, RAP bands that openly promote abuse of women and just about anything that you can imagine. They routinely ignore their TOS especially with the RAP and Satanic groups.

Details and documentation are available at:

http://www.winterband.com/Ourstage.html We have links to the many videos we had entered and our positions in contests that include coming in second in the Hard Rock Video Finals in November 2008. We know what we are talking about and have proof of a long term presence on Ourstage. We need to warn people about the corruption on Ourstage What has happened is outrageous religious censorship and discrimination.
Whether you love us or hate us consider the precedent that this situation establishes.

If anyone you know is investing time and effort building a presence and network of connections on Ourstage you owe it to them to make them aware of what is going on. The page at http://www.winterband.com/Ourstage.html has now been updated with many examples from Ourstage's own charts to prove how established WinterBand was on Ourstage in the Hard Rock Video, Rock Video and Country Video categories.

Here are a couple of samples of WinterBand placements that should prove our long term established presence on Ourstage.

http://www.ourstage.com/charts/4083-top-videos-in-hard-rock-videos

http://www.ourstage.com/charts/3369-top-videos-in-rock-videos

http://www.ourstage.com/charts/3381-top-videos-in-country-videos

If you know anyone who participates on Ourstage please warn them about the unstable and corrupt situation there. You can verify that WinterBand videos have been on Ourstage since 1997. What has happened is blatant religious censorship and corruption. Please share this information around, especially anyone that you know who is building on the shifting unstable sands of Ourstage.

We were active members of the community in the chat room and had many voting awards. We had over a hundred fans and friends and mostly all positive relationships. We invested many months building a presence and a network of fans and friends only to have it snuffed out by some incompetent employees there.

They refused to even supply any specifics as to why, without any warning whatsoever they deleted our Ourstage fan page. They allow extremely offensive materials on the fan pages of many bands, but then censor our page without cause.

There is great corruption at Ourstage and when you see what they have done to WinterBand us and how they have lied do you really think they can be trusted to be honest about the voting?

Please warn anyone you know who is investing time and effort into Ourstage and at least have them glance at the documentation on our website above. You can see more about the band at http://www.winterband.com and watch videos.



 


Please spread the word about this site www.ourstage.ws and let anyone you know at helium know about their censorship.

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