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Old 7th September 2014, 06:21 PM   #121
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Originally Posted by Lolly View Post
AND the minute the new owners publish it they breach copyright. "They won't be published anywhere else than forum itself" is nonsense.

PUBLICATION ON A FORUM BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THE JREF IS A BREACH OF COPYRIGHT. PUBLICATION ON THE FORUM ITSELF IS A BREACH OF COPYRIGHT.

You can't mark people as "guests" or "unregistered" to something they never joined, and have never visited and which is breaching their copyright by re-publishing content without any right to do so. You can't mark them as anything at all.

WHO EXACTLY ARE THE NEW OWNERS? Not some corporation name, who is actually doing this?
*sigh*

Your questions have been answered numerous times; people who are lawyers with significant understanding of this entire thing have chimed in; yet you keep making the same claims.

Essentially, you don't understand it...so it must be wrong. I'm sorry, but your lack of comprehension doesn't constitute a crisis on the part of the forum. No copyright is being breached. If you disagree, rather than spouting the same ignorant nonsense over and over, consult an actual copyright lawyer. They'll just repeat what everyone here has already told you.
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Old 7th September 2014, 09:56 PM   #122
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Originally Posted by Lolly View Post
WHO EXACTLY ARE THE NEW OWNERS? Not some corporation name, who is actually doing this?
You own the copyright, hopefully you know your own name. You granted license to the JREF. It's a corporation, so by insisting the answer can't be a corporation name you are guaranteeing the question can't be answered to your satisfaction.
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Old 7th September 2014, 10:53 PM   #123
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Originally Posted by Lolly View Post
AND the minute the new owners publish it they breach copyright. "They won't be published anywhere else than forum itself" is nonsense.

PUBLICATION ON A FORUM BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THE JREF IS A BREACH OF COPYRIGHT. PUBLICATION ON THE FORUM ITSELF IS A BREACH OF COPYRIGHT.

You can't mark people as "guests" or "unregistered" to something they never joined, and have never visited and which is breaching their copyright by re-publishing content without any right to do so. You can't mark them as anything at all.

WHO EXACTLY ARE THE NEW OWNERS? Not some corporation name, who is actually doing this?
We are going round in circles so all I can say is a sincere thanks for your input and leave it at that.
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Old 9th September 2014, 03:14 PM   #124
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Hey Lolly prepare to soil your knickers

http://web.archive.org/web/200808191...x.php/t-5.html

JREF forums have been republishing its member's copyrighted material on third party web servers for over a decade.

What a flipping liberty!
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I'm sure I've missed this somewhere, but who exactly now owns the forum?
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Old 10th September 2014, 05:32 AM   #126
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I'm sure I've missed this somewhere, but who exactly now owns the forum?
Still JREF. (for about week or so) Then IIRC it will be TribeTech and after that it should be under standalone organization.
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You (and every other member) have, of course, the option not to agree to the new T&Cs if you take issue with them in any regard.
Finally! Something worth reading from the new whomevers.
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Anyone not wanting to grant that additional right simply does not register at the new Forum
More words of wisdom,
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Old 10th September 2014, 11:06 AM   #129
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Old 10th September 2014, 11:38 AM   #130
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*sigh*

Your questions have been answered numerous times;
This is almost getting funny. Kinda like "Who's on first".
Lolly has made a very good point that JREF and the new whomevers are two completely different entities.
The JREF is a not for profit organization with very clearly stated goals and motivations.
The other is anybody's best guess.

How do I or anyone else know that any profits made from a completely new forum my post are now part of if I agree to the T&C or not doesn't go into the creation or upkeep of a nazi propaganda forum that I would never want any part in?

I agreed to the T&C of the JREF because I agreed with their overall mission and because I trusted James Randi.

What does that have to do with something or someone called tech tribe?

I find it rather odd that statements of how unimportant Lollys questions are are backed up with a multitude of post explaining in detail how unimportant they are.

Reminds me of cockroaches scattering when the lights come on.

There will be lawsuits.
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Old 10th September 2014, 11:41 AM   #131
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Originally Posted by KoihimeNakamura View Post
Any feedback if the suggested wording changes are going in or not?
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We'll wait a few more days and then review the feedback.

How goes the review? Can we expect a revised Terms and Conditions document any time soon?

You need to throw us a bone, here. It's been days since we last had something really trivial to get all hyper about.
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Old 10th September 2014, 11:56 AM   #132
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Originally Posted by Brattus View Post
This is almost getting funny. Kinda like "Who's on first".
Lolly has made a very good point that JREF and the new whomevers are two completely different entities.
The JREF is a not for profit organization with very clearly stated goals and motivations.
The other is anybody's best guess.

How do I or anyone else know that any profits made from a completely new forum my post are now part of if I agree to the T&C or not doesn't go into the creation or upkeep of a nazi propaganda forum that I would never want any part in?

I agreed to the T&C of the JREF because I agreed with their overall mission and because I trusted James Randi.

What does that have to do with something or someone called tech tribe?

I find it rather odd that statements of how unimportant Lollys questions are are backed up with a multitude of post explaining in detail how unimportant they are.

Reminds me of cockroaches scattering when the lights come on.

There will be lawsuits.
Really? That will be a collossal waste of money.

Your motivation for agreeing to the T&C of the JREF is really irrelevant. The fact is you agreed to it and under the T&C JREF can re-publish which is what it is going to do.

If you don't like the new organization, don't join when things move over.

And the joke about profits made from the new forum is a good one.
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Old 10th September 2014, 02:06 PM   #133
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I'm sure I've missed this somewhere, but who exactly now owns the forum?
If they told you, They'd have to kill you.

My inside sources say they sold out to the Nwo-illumi-freemasons.
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There is a new draft of the T&Cs, I'll upload them when I'm back at my PC in the morning
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I asked for something to complain about, and you give me this instead. I am so disappointed.

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This might be a better wording of the disclaimer.
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This might be a better wording of the disclaimer.
"If someone says something stupid, it ain't our fault."
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The only thing that gives me pause is:

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By posting, uploading, or sharing your content on the Forum, you grant TribeTech a perpetual, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-free, transferable, worldwide license to access, use, and display your content, which includes without limitation the right for TribeTech or any third party it designates, to publish, copy, excerpt, transmit, use, host, index, cache, distribute, display, create derivative works of, modify and adapt, in any form or media now known or subsequently developed.
There are people discussing novel and play ideas, posting original art works and music -- do they have to worry about this wording? Especially the bolded part?

Personally, I'm more than happy to give icerat the benefit of the doubt. I'm a little leery about "any third party it designates," or transfers the rights to. Is this boilerplate stuff? I'm not much for legalease.

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What reason would they have for worrying about that that wouldn't also be a worry just for posting in public?
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Originally Posted by Brattus View Post
...snip...

There will be lawsuits.
Why will people be trying to the sue the JREF?
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Originally Posted by Ryan O'Dine View Post
The only thing that gives me pause is:



There are people discussing novel and play ideas, posting original art works and music -- do they have to worry about this wording? Especially the bolded part?

Personally, I'm more than happy to give icerat the benefit of the doubt. I'm a little leery about "any third party it designates," or transfers the rights to. Is this boilerplate stuff? I'm not much for legalease.

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That's just making explicit what was implicit in the JREF registration agreement. The "....By posting on the Forum a Member grants the JREF a non-exclusive licence to publish, republish or reproduce their work, in its entirety or as the JREF sees fit, in perpetuity...." With the added right for TT to transfer their licence.

(The reason for having the new right to transfer the licence is that some of the discussion is that the forum will migrate to being a community owned property probably as part of a new not-for-profit.)
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What reason would they have for worrying about that that wouldn't also be a worry just for posting in public?
Because by posting in public, you're not granting a specific right for anyone to modify, adapt or create a derivative of your work. I wouldn't think so, anyway.

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That's just making explicit what was implicit in the JREF registration agreement. The "....By posting on the Forum a Member grants the JREF a non-exclusive licence to publish, republish or reproduce their work, in its entirety or as the JREF sees fit, in perpetuity...." With the added right for TT to transfer their licence.

(The reason for having the new right to transfer the licence is that some of the discussion is that the forum will migrate to being a community owned property probably as part of a new not-for-profit.)
Okay, I understand the migration thing, thanks. It still sounds, however, like a right is being given beyond the reproduction of posts. "...create derivative works of, modify and adapt..." is the part I'm stumbling over. Is that phrase strictly necessary?
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That's just making explicit what was implicit in the JREF registration agreement. The "....By posting on the Forum a Member grants the JREF a non-exclusive licence to publish, republish or reproduce their work, in its entirety or as the JREF sees fit, in perpetuity...." With the added right for TT to transfer their licence.

(The reason for having the new right to transfer the licence is that some of the discussion is that the forum will migrate to being a community owned property probably as part of a new not-for-profit.)
Highlighted part..... I don't have any little dancing smileys, but I'd actually use them if I did. We drifted away from this topic in the early stages of discussion and I'm sure glad to see it's still on the table.
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Because by posting in public, you're not granting a specific right for anyone to modify, adapt or create a derivative of your work. I wouldn't think so, anyway.
Modifying and adapting would include simple quoting. And a proper derivative work doesn't necessarrily require permisions from the original author.
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Modifying and adapting would include simple quoting. And a proper derivative work doesn't necessarrily require permisions from the original author.
Got it. Thanks.
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One last thing. It would be nice to see a clause formally establishing Lisa's culpability.
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Copyright on content generated prior to TribeTech's hosting of the Forum remains with the member, and such content has been [blah blah...]
The wording almost makes it sound like it won't be the case afterwards. In fact, nowhere in the Copyright section says what will happen with the poster's copyright after the transfer. I guess the default applies, but it would be nice to explicitly state that the copyright stays with the poster.
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I find the cookies section a bit incomplete. There are 7 cookies currently stored in my computer, including the most important one, namely the session hash, which tracks the login status and other similar server-side information and is not mentioned. Rather than enumerating the information the cookies keep, I think it would be better to go more general in the wording, perhaps using expressions such as "including, but not limited to".
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Why will people be trying to the sue the JREF?
You say that like they need a solid reason.

*cough* George Zimmermann Corn Dog Affair *cough*
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I'm sure I've missed this somewhere, but who exactly now owns the forum?
Good Heavens! Hi, Linda! Hope everything is good with you.
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This is almost getting funny. Kinda like "Who's on first".
Lolly has made a very good point that JREF and the new whomevers are two completely different entities.
The JREF is a not for profit organization with very clearly stated goals and motivations.
The other is anybody's best guess.

How do I or anyone else know that any profits made from a completely new forum my post are now part of if I agree to the T&C or not doesn't go into the creation or upkeep of a nazi propaganda forum that I would never want any part in?

I agreed to the T&C of the JREF because I agreed with their overall mission and because I trusted James Randi.

What does that have to do with something or someone called tech tribe?

I find it rather odd that statements of how unimportant Lollys questions are are backed up with a multitude of post explaining in detail how unimportant they are.

Reminds me of cockroaches scattering when the lights come on.

There will be lawsuits.

I wonder how many of the contributors to the original MathWorld site realized the implications of the deal made with CRC Press.
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Mod InfoLatest version can be found in this post: http://www.internationalskeptics.com...7#post10216157
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Please have a read of the draft of the new terms and conditions members will have to agree to before their accounts are active on the new International Skeptics Forum.

Whilst the format of the terms and conditions have been altered somewhat - for example the privacy policy is no longer a separate document much remains the same.

Many of the changes revolve around making the language clearer to understand but there are significant changes as a result of the change of ownership of the new Forum and the owners rights to reassign the licence members grant to use their content.

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How about an opportunity for banned members to rejoin? New ownership should be a clean slate.
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Old 17th September 2014, 06:57 PM   #156
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
How about an opportunity for banned members to rejoin? New ownership should be a clean slate.

Why?
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
How about an opportunity for banned members to rejoin? New ownership should be a clean slate.
This also has been discussed at length.
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Old 18th September 2014, 12:06 AM   #158
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How about an opportunity for banned members to rejoin? New ownership should be a clean slate.
Been considered and it isn't going to happen.
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How about an opportunity for banned members to rejoin? New ownership should be a clean slate.
For those late to the party the thread discussing this issue is here Declare a General Amnesty!
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