sorry for the absence. it appears that I will now need to do this.

@Hugh, that is probably what I was going to do. email the organisers of the conference and request them to remove it (but i believe I would need to give a reason out of courtesy, and they certainly wouldn't remove a paper just because i said so, given the situation described below). if they don't comply, i might need to get a lawyer involved. if anyone knows of a US based lawyer that might be suitable and experienced with this kind of thing plz PM me.

@Thesisfun, the issue I have is that I personally did not agree to, or see any conditions when submitting (because I didnt submit the paper). I believe the conference only requires one signature and that person is responsible for having the consent of all submitting authors. I believe normally this is the normally the first author, but in this case it was the 2nd, my supervisor. My supervisor was also program chair and is heavily involved with, and has a history at the conference. This would be why my supervisor believed they could 'get away with it'.

Just to add, the paper actually wasn't even presented at the conference but somehow managed to remain in the proceedings. Despite being told that this is not what is normally done.

Is it possible to have a paper removed from online proceedings after it has been published and the conference taken place? The basis is, that I did not consent (nor was it sought) that the paper be published. It was not even presented but still published. Do I have to take the legal route? All I want is the paper removed from the online repository. Anyone ever seen this happen, anywhere?