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Originally Posted by HarryT
Their terms sound pretty much the same as ours, actually (except the use of the poster's full name part). When you registered with MR, this is what you agreed to:
I think you'll find that pretty much every online forum has something similar.
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Thanks for that Harry. I couldn't find that on the site and would not have found it particularly objectionable at the time depending on the other terms. Vertical Scope claims the whole of the copyright and other rights. But the matter of concern for me is not the right to use my posts. Unfortunately they are generally just not that good!
I was not previously aware of Vertical Scope's business model. I suspect Mobileread is a very valuable target. It is longstanding, has a large number of members and valuable information on all sorts of subjects. Some of its threads do rank very highly on search results.
It also has an excellent library of Public Domain works. And Vertical Scope is no doubt well aware of its existence if it was not previously.
My concern is the loss of the Community as an active forum for which there is a need. It would not be the end of the World. But it would be a sad development. Having said that, I would not of course expect owners of target boards to refuse reasonable cash offers.