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Originally Posted by Dnate Mars  You are completely missing the point. They did allow, and encouraged, us to create fansites using these terms. Let me quote the policy again,
They told us to do this. This is what they wanted. Now all of a sudden for whatever reasons, they are going to tell us differently. They are the ones that let the genie out of the bottle by letting us use it for so long. It is not like they didn't know, they have used the outside sites. |
I always keep returning to the same tired TOS that basically states this company can do any damn thing it wants at any damn time it wants, and it doesn't owe you anything.
They put that there for a reason. But for some unfathomable reason no one thinks they really meant it.
Of course they encouraged you to promote their product! Hell...if I had a bunch of people not only beta-testing my product...but PAYING me to do so...I'd be daft not to try and get as much mileage out of them as possible.
This is what businesses do. If they can get away with it, they will. If they believe you won't really tier down, and move away to some other platform that allows you to do what you do in
SL, then whatever action you propose is essentially meaningless. Court battles cost money - more money, I'd wager than its worth for any website owner to pursue.
Since dazzle-eyed Phil is leaving the scene as CEO, I'd be very concerned that the lead-pipe mentality toward
SL's users will continue...it'll just happen with a more "professional" touch.