NO buddy I am not and was not upset with you personally at all. Perhaps I should have phrased that differently. I meant to point out that quite a few members here are in fact working on writing books, and have been sharing their own stories freely, perhaps not understanding that the corporation is getting full publishing rights. I would not want to be hauled into court for having encouraged someone to post something that then led to a copyright infringement case.
At the other end of the scale I do understand why we see this:
Copyright [emoji767] 2016 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved
at the bottom of each page, the corporation has to protect itself from lawsuits over copyright infringement. It is practically a certainty that someone would raise a fuss with them at some point, probably has already, when they get mad over an argument online and then can't remove all their posts or something like that, so then want to sue Treasurenet for publishing their posts "without permission".
However this situation is something that any one writing a book needs to be fully aware of. Treasurenet is claiming full publishing rights for everything you post. They can put it in a book and sell it, without your permission, because by posting it you are granting them full publishing rights.
Bottom line - to everyone, if you do not wish to grant full publishing rights to Treasurenet (vBulletin Solutions, Inc.) then don't post it. Legally you should not remove your posts later either, because you already granted full publishing rights when you posted it.
My apologies Justin for the impression you got from that post, I should have re-read it and re-written it before I posted it. I intended to highlight the risks involved to encourage others to post, not that I was upset at you.
So to everyone just think before you post. I have no issue with anyone wishing to share a story or what ever, however be aware that you are granting all publishing rights when you do.
Now I understand. Ok good! I was concerned I'd inadvertently pi$$ed you off. And yes, what you are saying totally makes sense.
I'm glad we cleared up the confusion! Back to the yarns....
All the best-
JA