Well, this is not too cool with me.
06/30/04 07:33 PM
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Heather
Reged: 12/09/02
Posts: 7799
Loc: Seattle, WA
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I don't think anyone should be quoted without their permission, and I don't think quotes should be taken from an unrelated forum without permission from that forum. Soyfee didn't bother to even ask, let alone get, these permissions. That is unprofessional at best and just plain sleazy at worst.
I don't know what power we have to do anything about this, since the folks being quoted weren't named (and neither was this board). They are using us for free advertising, and also to slam their competitors' products, and I don't think they would have done that if they'd realized how poorly it would reflect upon them.
This site, and all of the information and art on it, is copyrighted. There's a copyright notice on the bottom of every page. But whether that extends to someone's stated opinion of a product on the message boards...I really don't know.
Until further notice, I'd suggest that people refrain from additional comments about Soyfee on the board, unless you're willing to have those comments plastered over their website without your permission.
Just as an aside here, if I did give permission for someone to use my site as an endorsement for their product, they'd have to meet some strict advertising criteria and I'd also be announcing their support for IBS all over the boards. And they would not be using anonymous quotes from any of my board posters, or anything else that didn't get the appropriate permissions.
Hmmmph.
- Heather
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