i heard Boofo moan one day... was not fun to hear... look at his avatar and think of it...

But I was moaning about you nex, remember?

And Chris has been added to my Christmas card list not once, but twice! ;)

damn Chris got mine card ... :S

We don't have any copyright laws.

vBulletin.org - that means locally on our site, adhere to copyright laws. That means we respect the copyright of modifications on vBulletin.org (eg. the content we do have control over). Anything beyond this site is out of our control - if that was your point, then yes you are right, but this is not vBulletin.org's problem - it's a consequence of distributing any work, anywhere.

No where does it state vBulletin.org has any "copyright laws" that will shield authors from the consequences of the internet and copyright breaching.

We're not copyright lawyers, we're forum administrators just like you. :)

There is no protection, there never has been.

Nexialys, the copyright in the footer is for vbulletin.org's own created design, graphics, layout, materials, products, etc. NOT members of the community as the author is the original owner, not vbulletin.org. That's why if vbulletin or jelsoft itself ever wanted a mod/add on from here, they would have to buy it from the original coder, or code there own to be different as well or they could be sued. Think of it like Patents, and the similarities. I knew of an Awning company that was in a lawsuit with another company from Europe because the engineering of something was so similar, it's like...give me a break, but the American one was made before the Europe one, and the Europe company took the American one to court. Weird...

Anyways, there should be an added profile field to all mods, asking what license type the author is applying to the released material. That way there is no confusion later on if someone takes this to the logical extreme of suing another individual here for pirating code/designs.

There's nothing left to talk about.

Boofo, hope your not a Bears fan, VIKINGS FOREVER!

Nope, Dallas Cowboys fan. ;)

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well... what about 'ENFORCING THE LAW' :mad:

vBulletin.org doesn't have the time or money to track these sites down and shut them down. It is mainly up to the owner to do this (and if it is a vBulletin site, report them to Piracy).

the only people who can officially freely enforce the law is the government of your country...

I prefer to relax and not worry about it...it's like death and taxes, being ripped off is inevitable and a fact of life. However, if you prefer to spend all your time chasing after these thieves only to find they are on a Malaysian server with a Dutch registrar or some crap like that, have at it :\