Digitalfire is facing a takedown order from Plainsman Clays. They are revoking permission to "use any Plainsman content" "on any platform". This is broad and vague enough, and this site large enough, that I am unable to comply or even interpret it in the short timeframe (June 27). Please don't panic, I am overwhelmed by the unbelievable support I am getting. We just need to get them to relent on this demand and call off the lawyer (to at least permit commentary). There are lots of backup sites (many people have the API endpoints), don't start downloading or scraping again and overload the server.
Insight-live.com general operation is not affected by this.
I bought the URL PlainsmanClays.ca in 2021 and maintained it on my own server, at my own expense, as an active backup and prototyping site for the main dot-com site. It was super fast. Although having no claim, Plainsman has demanded it, using accusatory language, under threat of legal action. I transferred it to them today, for free, as a sign of good faith. I also provided the DNS records and have removed them. This means that body usage information and problem mitigation, testing data, example pieces, glaze recipe suggestions, casting instructions, the Celebration project, etc. that took decades to carefully compile (based on and built from many, many hundreds of customer support issues), is gone. Information on the use of Alberta Slip, Ravenscrag Slip, bodies like Polar Ice, M370, M340 and many others, recommended base glaze recipes to fit the bodies, engobe recipes and usage info, firing schedules, and much more. Important terms on all of the pages linked automatically into Digitalfire. A hundred or more reference pages and many hundreds of pictures have been lost. I am sorry for this; please forgive me. Perhaps Plainsman can be convinced to restore this valuable resource. If you need any of the pages, they are permanently stored at archive.org under PlainsmanClays.com (for April 30, 2026).
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