Re: Attension MVP's

Hi Robert,

> I seriously object to the contributions I freely make to many
> online communities being co-opted without my permission like this for
> monetary gain by a third party.

Interesting and fair comments.

Seems that Google-groups has gone the way of your friends at CyclingForums,
and also use your old contributions as a source to derive an income stream
from advertisers. To my dismay, the UK version has just gone the way of its
parent.

Regards,
Peter T


"Robert Bruce" <rob@analytical-dynamicsdotcodotukay> wrote in message
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> Roedd <<*** Kusleika>> wedi ysgrifennu:
>
> > " strictly prohibited and may result in legal action "
> >
> > Yeah, right. So every time this guy answers a newsgroup post, he
> > files with the copyright office? That would be a pretty expensive
> > hobby. I don't doubt that he owns the copyright to what he posts,
> > but if he doesn't file, good luck trying to enforce it. And that's
> > assuming he's in the US. If he's in a different country than the web
> > forum he's suing, well, I doubt they'll be too worried.
> >
>
> Hi ***.
>
> Actually, it's not meant to be that serious. It's just a comment on the
fact
> that something (usenet) that has been traditionally been free (in both the
> 'free speech' and 'free beer' senses) has started to be privatised by web
> forums. This all started for me when a web site called CyclingForums in
the
> UK started gulping up the whole of uk.rec.cycling and presenting it for
all
> the world as one of its own creations including the inevitable cheesy ad
> banners etc. I seriously object to the contributions I freely make to many
> online communities being co-opted without my permission like this for
> monetary gain by a third party. A similar issue exists with the likes of
> officekb.com here.
>
> Nothing much I can do about it, of course, except put meaningless (and,
> frankly, idle) threats in my sig.
>
> --
> Rob
>
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