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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 4247307" data-attributes="member: 63">Well, it's Russ's site. If he wants to set certain rules for his property, we can't say he's "right" or "wrong." All it comes down to is what best serves his interests, which is a mix of 'paying the bills' and 'keeping people on the site so that companies want to advertise here.'Me personally, I'd just suggest he ask WotC to make a less annoying ad. Static ads do get ignored, so sure, some movement is good, but compare it to that classic old Malhavoc Press ad from, like, 6 years ago. It turned heads, and was pretty, and I don't think many folks complained about it (except perhaps that it required Java, and not everybody's computers could display it back then).Oh, and prosfilaes?I think you have a slight misunderstanding of copyright. Sure, you own the copyright to the text. Nobody on EN World is claiming that they created what you wrote. They're not selling your text for their own profit. Berne defends your ownership of a written idea, keeps other people from exploiting your work, sure. But it doesn't change other property laws. Like the fact that you don't own this website.If you were to go to a real life, physical message board, write something on a piece of paper, and post it with a thumb tack, you also own what you wrote there. You own the text, but not the medium in which it exists. If the person who owns that board decides he wants to put an ad on there, or even, you know, take down your message, he can. It's his board. He's extending you a favor by letting you use it.Now, to take a step back from overly-hifalutin' talk of "ownership rights" on something so mundane as an internet messageboard, yes, it's still an annoying ad. We would still like it if we didn't have to see it.But we also like hanging out with people on these boards, sharing ideas, and being part of the EN World community. If we don't like it, we can make polite complaints, try to get compromises or alterations in how things are done. We could even say, "I'm leaving." But it's silly to say that your intellectual property rights are being infringed.Again, my suggestion is just to tell WotC, "Your ad is pissing people off. It might be time to consider making a new one."</blockquote>

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