They wish to retain their copyright for one AND as I have pointed out in painfully obvious detail that seems to be lost on you. When you wish to write a piece using video or better yet several videos a Blog works much better than FR because a blog allows the reader to stay right where he is without surfing away from the piece.
Is it really so hard for you to understand?
And you used the word obtuse hahaha... Irony IS lost on you isn't it?
Some of us would rather not see FR become a business platfom for blogpimps.
I have yet to see the owners post a notice about such? Do you have inside info that we should all be aware of?
So writing on a blog and then posting the content here somehow magically dissolves copyright?
I have yet to see the owners post a notice about such?
Do you feel you need Jim's permission to dislike something?
Whether you want to be honest or not these blog pimps are interested in one thing.
Hits.
There is nothing more to it and nothing noble about it.
If you want to defend them then you are no better than they are and that says a lot about you.