You need to not do that unless you have it in your contract stipulating you can.
In my contracts, it states you will not use the work until we've received payment, and we will unhappily file DMCA takedowns against infringing users who've not paid for work done which isn't theirs yet but they aren't paying yet continue to use. (As we only transfer rights to the work upon final payment).
After a certain (long) period of no payments, we have a forfeiture clause, which removes all right of them to ever use the work without removing the debt for items already performed. This works considerably better than interest.
A TRO is a much cheaper thing to get than a small claims judgement.
For most clients, we additionally do not provide the source code for them until they've paid in full.
Right and you still cannot physically remove the site, you must go through the courts to have it removed. Please guys if you get into this situation do not remove the site, you are bring down a lot of trouble on yourself. I have seen too many people do this and get into a world of trouble, even though morally, I feel you are in your rights the law sees the entry into the companies system as unauthorized access. As such you can be brought up on a host of criminal charges. This is the worst thing that you can possibly do in a payment dispute!!
In my contracts, it states you will not use the work until we've received payment, and we will unhappily file DMCA takedowns against infringing users who've not paid for work done which isn't theirs yet but they aren't paying yet continue to use. (As we only transfer rights to the work upon final payment).
After a certain (long) period of no payments, we have a forfeiture clause, which removes all right of them to ever use the work without removing the debt for items already performed. This works considerably better than interest.
A TRO is a much cheaper thing to get than a small claims judgement.
For most clients, we additionally do not provide the source code for them until they've paid in full.