I say we sue him for copyright infringement on the basis that TV Tropes was Hec's idea in the first place. Then we use the money to buy a private island.
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Jessica - Jun 27, 2012 6:01:25 am PDT #5236 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
WindSparrow - Jun 27, 2012 6:30:41 am PDT #5237 of 6786
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
In that case I hope he makes trillions of dollars. Otherwise our share of the settlement will buy a veery small island. A one palm-tree beach, if you will.
Amy - Jun 27, 2012 6:34:09 am PDT #5238 of 6786
Because books.
If Hec hadn't actually copyrighted it, that would be a problem, but I guess you could prove it was his idea, right? With the archived threads?
Sophia Brooks - Jun 27, 2012 6:52:37 am PDT #5239 of 6786
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I still think it should be exposed on This American Life. Not just to be exposed, but that it would actually be a great story.
If Hec hadn't actually copyrighted it, that would be a problem, but I guess you could prove it was his idea, right? With the archived threads?
Not that I am serious, but don't we say somewhere that all posts are copyright of the poster who makes them?
DavidS - Jun 27, 2012 7:19:43 am PDT #5240 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I say we sue him for copyright infringement on the basis that TV Tropes was Hec's idea in the first place. Then we use the money to buy a private island.
My idea was very different from what TV Tropes became. I don't think he stole anything from me. TV Tropes developed out of a conversation we were having but that's it. He acted on it (admittedly with much help from Buffistas getting it off the ground) and it took off. It was a free exchange of ideas, and that's a good thing.
DavidS - Jun 27, 2012 7:21:35 am PDT #5241 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I should probably go back in the Archives and find the original conversations so people understand how it evolved.
Jessica - Jun 27, 2012 7:39:57 am PDT #5242 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My idea was very different from what TV Tropes became. I don't think he stole anything from me
SHHHHHH!!!! You're giving away our private island money!
DavidS - Jun 27, 2012 7:45:01 am PDT #5243 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
SHHHHHH!!!! You're giving away our private island money!
Step 3: Profit!
Actually, I think we'd probably make private island money by franchising our board's code.
As I watch more and more online communities get swallowed up by various commercial forces, our Island In the Net seems like a better and better idea. It's very affordable once you get to a certain population level.
I mean, I'd even give 'em our board's rules as a template to start from. Lord knows as many people as possible should benefit from all of Sophia's tears.
amych - Jun 27, 2012 9:42:35 am PDT #5244 of 6786
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Actually, I think we'd probably make private island money by franchising our board's code.
No we wouldn't. There are way too many free/open-source discussion packages out there for anyone ever to think of paying for one (unless it's a component in a big locked-down package like a learning management system) (only all the cool kids are using open-source for that too). Most of them are the many-little-threads discussion model than the few-big-long-threads model, but even so.
We might could spin some money out of consulting on community management and cheesebutts, but people don't pay for code for this sort of thing.
Ginger - Jun 27, 2012 9:47:28 am PDT #5245 of 6786
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