As per our registration agreement (which hasn't changed in 9 years), clearly states:
You agree that your posts, threads, messages, etc can and will be stored on the CigarPass.com server for as long as CigarPass.com chooses to host them, and make said messages public. You are responsible for what you post, and CigarPass.com holds no responsibility for content posted by any member.
As a message forum (where people get banned all the time), we can and will host messages that were posted to this site for as long as we choose. I am not going out looking for copyrighted information written by Wilkey - restoring a backup does not violate any IP laws what so ever. Wilkey has requested he be banned from CP, and his wish has been granted.
It's sad to see it come to this, however I will not cover up his mistakes.