On: Begging for Your Pay

[jws]

I'm guessing there are all manner of laws hiding in the legal system for willfully destroying another's property that come into play.

Also, a reputation for destroying clients' web sites isn't going to help. You won't get far enough to explain "Yes, but…"

[yummyfajitas → jws]

It's my understanding that if they didn't pay for it, it isn't their property.

[jasonlotito → yummyfajitas]

While that might be true, you cannot simply log into their server and delete your stuff. There are, however, legal routes you can take to get the stuff removed.

[efsavage → yummyfajitas]

IANAL but this isn't as clear as that. A contractor can't come in and take out the new bathroom he installed because you didn't pay him, and I'm guessing similar protections apply to repossessing a website.