Ownership of Content

[Tony94]

The Terms of Use of this site does not address content ownership. Am I correct in assuming that legally my posts remain under my copyright, all rights reserved?

[willwren]

No. When posted here, they are for public consumption and your rights are forfeit to the owner of this Domain. If you post here, you post willingly, and this Forum can do what they see fit with the information. That includes editing and deleting.

This is true on all internet forums worldwide. Content posted on an internet forum of any type is under the control of the forum owner.


In addition, in case you missed the registration screen:


By accessing “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com”, “http://pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/forum”), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com”. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.

Our forums are powered by phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Group”, “phpBB Teams”) which is a bulletin board solution released under the “General Public License” (hereinafter “GPL”) and can be downloaded from www.phpbb.com. The phpBB software only facilitates internet based discussions, the phpBB Group are not responsible for what we allow and/or disallow as permissible content and/or conduct. For further information about phpBB, please see: http://www.phpbb.com/.

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” is hosted or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

[Tony94]

No. When posted here, they are for public consumption and your rights are forfeit to the owner of this Domain. If you post here, you post willingly, and this Forum can do what they see fit with the information. That includes editing and deleting.

This is true on all internet forums worldwide. Content posted on an internet forum of any type is under the control of the forum owner.

I suggest you are severely "mistaken" (I am not a lawyer (IANAL) though). Copyright and Geneva Convention come to mind. This topic is of paramount importance on any site, for any organization or any company utilizing or benefiting from the content of others. You indicated forfeiture of rights. Please be specific of forfeiture in regards to the context of pontiacbonnevilleclub posts by users of the site.

In addition, in case you missed the registration screen:


By accessing “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com”, “http://pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/forum”), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com”. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.

Our forums are powered by phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Group”, “phpBB Teams”) which is a bulletin board solution released under the “General Public License” (hereinafter “GPL”) and can be downloaded from http://www.phpbb.com. The phpBB software only facilitates internet based discussions, the phpBB Group are not responsible for what we allow and/or disallow as permissible content and/or conduct. For further information about phpBB, please see: http://www.phpbb.com/.

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” is hosted or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither “PontiacBonnevilleClub.com” nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

And what portion of that do you feel addresses ownership and copyright of posts on this site?

[willwren]

Public Domain, Tony. It doesn't have to be clearly spelled out here.

We (the Owner and Administration of this site) have full legal rights to use your information that you willfully publicly post on this Forum. This is true on all internet forums and other forms of public posting sites across the internet. You post it here to SHARE. That's the whole point. Please look up the definition of the word 'forum'.